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Paradichocrinus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae

Taxonomy
Paradichocrinus was named by Springer (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u C Vise-l Sepkoski's reference number: 986]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. planus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Paradichocrinus Springer
1978Paradichocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T477
2002Paradichocrinus 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
superfamilyHexacrinitoidea(Wachsmuth and Springer 1885)
familyDichocrinidaeMiller 1889
genusParadichocrinusSpringer 1926

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. †Paradichocrinus Springer 1926
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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: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Osagean or 358.90000 to 343.00000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) P. sp. (6734)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Kentucky) P. liratus (65688)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Kentucky) P. planus (6200 6203 6204 6206 165201)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Indiana) P. planus (2257) P. polydactylus (180968)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Tennessee) P. planus (165240)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) P. planus (2187 2202 2208 2251 2252 2439 2448)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) P. planus (2641) P. polydactylus, P. planus, P. sculptus (5869)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) P. polydactylus (8117 8118 8119 8121 8126 8128 8139) P. sp. (556 557 558 8069 8072 8073 8074 8075 8079 8080)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) P. ramus (37879)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Missouri) P. planus (727)