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Synchirocrinus

Crinoidea - Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae

Taxonomy
Synchirocrinus was named by Jaekel (1918) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov D Give]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Synchirocrinus Jaekel
1998Synchirocrinus Ausich p. 27
2002Synchirocrinus 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
genusSynchirocrinusJaekel 1918

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. †Synchirocrinus Jaekel 1918
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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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 425.00000 to 399.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) S. sp. (528)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Oklahoma) S. divisus (26823)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.0 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) S. quadratus, S. sp. (26824)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (West Virginia) S. keyserensis (26825)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Czechia S. hanusi, S. pragensis (14137)