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Tryssocrinus

Crinoidea - Homocrinida - Cincinnaticrinidae

Taxonomy
Tryssocrinus was named by Guensburg (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l Sepkoski's reference number: 239]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Tryssocrinus Guensburg
1998Tryssocrinus Ausich p. 26
2002Tryssocrinus 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
familyCincinnaticrinidaeWarn and Strimple 1977
genusTryssocrinusGuensburg 1984

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. †Tryssocrinus Guensburg 1984
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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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Blackriveran or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) T. endotomitus (195670)