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Herpetocrinus

Crinoidea - Myelodactylida - Myelodactylidae

Taxonomy
Herpetocrinus was named by Salter (1873) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-u S Ludl]. 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
1873Herpetocrinus Salter
1978Herpetocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T552
2002Herpetocrinus 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
genusHerpetocrinusSalter 1873

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. †Herpetocrinus Salter 1873
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Wenlock or 432.90000 to 426.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) H. sp. (13598)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Norway H. sp. (14314)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) H. sp. (79893)
Homerian - Gorstian430.6 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) H. sp. (13602)