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Maligneocrinus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Maligneocrinus was named by Laudon (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Eumorphocrininae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Monobathrida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Maligneocrinus Laudon
1978Maligneocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T458
2002Maligneocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderCompsocrininaUbaghs 1978
superfamilyPeriechocrinaceaBronn 1848
familyActinocrinitidaeAustin and Austin 1842
subfamilyEumorphocrininaeUbaghs 1978
genusMaligneocrinusLaudon 1952

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Maligneocrinus Laudon 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:13:32
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:32:16
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Kinderhookian or 358.90000 to 352.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0Canada (Alberta) M. medicinensis (8610)