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Minicrinus

Crinoidea - Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae

Taxonomy
Minicrinus was named by Prokop (1970) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg-u D Eife]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Calceocrinidae by Ausich (1998); and to Disparida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Minicrinus Prokop
1998Minicrinus Ausich p. 27
2002Minicrinus 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)
orderCalceocrinida
familyCalceocrinidaeMeek and Worthen 1869
genusMinicrinusProkop 1970

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. †Minicrinus Prokop 1970
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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: base of the Pragian to the top of the Eifelian or 413.02000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia M. sp. (14136)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Czechia M. inflatus, M. oblongus (14138)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia M. sp. (14140)