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Difficilicrinus

Crinoidea - Homocrinida - Homocrinidae

Taxonomy
Difficilicrinus was named by Fres et al. (1979) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l Sepkoski's reference number: 251]. It is not extant. Its type is Difficilicrinus coneyi.

It was assigned to Apodasmocrinidae by Frest et al. (1979); to Homocrinidae by Ausich (1998); and to Disparida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
D. coneyi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Difficilicrinus Fres et al.
1979Difficilicrinus Frest et al. p. 413
1998Difficilicrinus Ausich p. 26
2002Difficilicrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Disparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderHomocrinida
familyHomocrinidaeKirk 1914
genusDifficilicrinusFres et al. 1979

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. †Difficilicrinus Fres et al. 1979
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Difficilicrinus coneyi Frest et al. 1979
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: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Blackriveran or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) D. coneyi (202066)