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Sygcaulocrinus

Crinoidea - Homocrinida - Homocrinidae

Taxonomy
Sygcaulocrinus was named by Ulrich (1924).

It was assigned to Homocrinidae by Ulrich (1925); and to Disparida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Sygcaulocrinus Ulrich
1925Sygcaulocrinus Ulrich
2002Sygcaulocrinus 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)
orderHomocrinida
familyHomocrinidaeKirk 1914
genusSygcaulocrinusUlrich 1924

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. †Sygcaulocrinus Ulrich 1924
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Sygcaulocrinus typus Ulrich 1925
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: base of the Maysvillian to the top of the Richmondian or 450.20000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) S. typus (23521)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) S. typus (23409)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) S. typus (23522 23524)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) S. typus (23410)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) S. typus (13200 173365)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Illinois, Iowa) S. typus (23534)