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Tetragonocrinus

Crinoidea - Tetragonocrinida - Tetragonocrinidae

Taxonomy
Tetragonocrinus was named by Yeltyscheva (1964) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l O Llvi-l]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Tetragonocrinidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Tetragonocrinus Yeltyscheva
1998Tetragonocrinus Ausich p. 26
2002Tetragonocrinus Sepkoski

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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)
orderTetragonocrinida
familyTetragonocrinidaeStukalina 1980
genusTetragonocrinusYeltyscheva 1964

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. †Tetragonocrinus Yeltyscheva 1964
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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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available