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Pygmaeocrinus

Crinoidea - Pygmaeocrinidae

Taxonomy
Pygmaeocrinus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Pygmaeocrinidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pygmaeocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T558
2002Pygmaeocrinus 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)
superfamilyBelemnocrinoideaMiller 1883
familyPygmaeocrinidaeStrimple 1963
genusPygmaeocrinus

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.

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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 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Pragian or 419.20000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (26826)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Czech Republic P. rotundus (94439 94441 94444)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic P. kettneri (14135 14136)