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Brachiocrinus

Crinoidea - Myelodactylida - Myelodactylidae

Taxonomy
Brachiocrinus was named by Hall (1858) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Brachiocrinus Hall
1978Brachiocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T552
2002Brachiocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
superorderDisparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderMyelodactylida
familyMyelodactylidaeMiller 1883
genusBrachiocrinusHall 1858

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. †Brachiocrinus Hall 1858
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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: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:34:13
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:33:22
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Lochkovian or 419.20000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (New York) B. nodosarius (26851)