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Cornucrinus

Crinoidea - Hybocrinida - Cornucrinidae

Taxonomy
Cornucrinus was named by Regnell (1948). Its type is Cornucrinus mirus. It is the type genus of Cornucrinidae.

It was assigned to Hybocrinida by Regnell (1948); and to Cornucrinidae by Ausich (1998).

Species
C. longicornis, C. mirus (type species)
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by B. Kröger on 2015-07-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Cornucrinus Regnell
1998Cornucrinus Ausich p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
superorderPorocrinoidea
orderHybocrinidaJaekel 1918
familyCornucrinidae
genusCornucrinus

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. †Cornucrinus Regnell 1948
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†Cornucrinus longicornis Regnell 1948
†Cornucrinus mirus Regnell 1948
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:36:32
Modified: 2004-02-28 18:36:32
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Keila to the top of the Porkuni or 453.90000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Haljala - Oandu456.8 - 451.8Sweden (Dalarne) C. mirus (161743 163395)
Haljala - Oandu456.8 - 451.8Sweden C. mirus (163396)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Sweden (Dalarne) C. mirus (73412)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden C. mirus (161776)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden (Dalarne) C. mirus (73855)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) C. mirus (124939)
Pirgu - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) C. mirus (73408 73466)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) C. longicornis (163397)