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Abrotocrinus

Crinoidea - Staphylocrinidae

Taxonomy
Abrotocrinus was named by Miller and Gurley (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Vise-l]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
A. coreyi, A. debrae, A. manus, A. nodosus, A. springeri, A. unicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Abrotocrinus Miller and Gurley
1978Abrotocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T744
2002Abrotocrinus Sepkoski

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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)
—Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
superfamilyTexacrinoidea(Strimple 1961)
familyStaphylocrinidaeMoore and Strimple 1973
genusAbrotocrinusMiller and Gurley 1890

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. †Abrotocrinus Miller and Gurley 1890
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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: 2009-10-09 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Osagean or 358.86000 to 342.90000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Canada (Alberta) A. sp. (8610)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Indiana) A. sp. (224220)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Kentucky) A. unicus (6203)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) A. nodosus (2455) A. unicus (180968)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) A. coreyi, A. unicus (2059)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) A. sp. (556 558) A. unicus (699 8119 8120 8121 8136 8137)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) A. unicus, A. coreyi, A. manus, A. debrae, A. springeri (37879)