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Aglaocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Cromyocrinidae

Taxonomy
Aglaocrinus was named by Strimple (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: C Bash P Wc]. It is not extant. Its type is Aglaocrinus magnus.

It was assigned to Cromyocrinidae by Pabian and Rushlau (2002); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. compactus, A. magnus (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. cranei, A. konecnyorum, A. nacoensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Aglaocrinus Strimple
1962Tarachiocrinus Strimple
2002Aglaocrinus Pabian and Rushlau
2002Aglaocrinus Sepkoski
2002Tarachiocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyCromyocrinoidea(Bather 1890)
familyCromyocrinidae
genusAglaocrinusStrimple 1961

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. †Aglaocrinus Strimple 1961
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†Aglaocrinus compactus Moore and Plummer 1940
†Aglaocrinus magnus Strimple 1949
Invalid names: Tarachiocrinus Strimple 1962 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Virgilian or 315.20000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Colorado) A. magnus (90880)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Arizona) A. konecnyorum (90772)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Arizona) A. nacoensis (90774)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) A. cranei (90809)
Rusavkinian303.7 - 287.6USA (Nebraska) A. compactus (124407)
Rusavkinian303.7 - 287.6USA (Iowa) A. compactus (124436 124485)