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Trophocrinus

Crinoidea - Allagecrinidae

Taxonomy
Trophocrinus was named by Kirk (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Tour-u]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Trophocrinus Kirk
1978Trophocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T539
2002Trophocrinus 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)
superfamilyAllagecrinoidea(Carpenter and Etheridge 1881)
familyAllagecrinidaeCapenter and Etheridge 1881
genusTrophocrinusKirk 1930

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. †Trophocrinus Kirk 1930
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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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Chadian or 353.70000 to 339.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) T. tumidus (6734)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Missouri) T. exsertus (90833 90834)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7USA (Missouri) T. corpulentus (90835)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Tennessee) T. sp. (6914)