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Kallimorphocrinus

Crinoidea - Allagecrinidae

Taxonomy
Kallimorphocrinus was named by Weller (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Disparida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Allagecrinidae by Webster and Jell (1993), Webster and Webster (2012).

Species
K. eaglei, K. thaiensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
K. astrus, K. elongatus, K. pristinus
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by D. van Oyen on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Kallimorphocrinus Weller
1993Kallimorphocrinus Webster and Jell p. 350
2002Kallimorphocrinus Sepkoski
2012Kallimorphocrinus Webster and Webster pp. 1354 - 1355

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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)
superfamilyAllagecrinoidea(Carpenter and Etheridge 1881)
familyAllagecrinidaeCapenter and Etheridge 1881
genusKallimorphocrinusWeller 1930

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. †Kallimorphocrinus Weller 1930
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†Kallimorphocrinus eaglei Strimple 1966
†Kallimorphocrinus thaiensis Webster and Jell 1993
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, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Wordian or 353.70000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Montana) K. sp. (123117)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7USA (Missouri) K. pristinus (90835)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Tennessee) K. sp. (6916 6917)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom K. elongatus (90822)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Indiana) K. astrus (90779)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) K. sp. (72373 72374 72384 72385)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) K. sp. (44411)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) K. sp. (72369 72372 72375 72376 72378 72379 72383)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Oklahoma) Isoallagecrinus eaglei (151347)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) Isoallagecrinus eaglei (90756)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Thailand K. sp., K. thaiensis (120587)