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Allosycocrinus

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Sycocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Allosycocrinus was named by Wanner (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Allosycocrinus pusillus.

It was assigned to Sycocrinitinae by Arendt (1970); to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sycocrinitidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Webster and Webster (2012).

Species
A. grandis, A. medius, A. pusillus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Allosycocrinus Wanner
1970Allosycocrinus Arendt p. 139
1978Allosycocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T602
2002Allosycocrinus Sepkoski
2012Allosycocrinus Webster and Webster p. 464

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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
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyHypocrinaceaWanner 1916
familySycocrinitidaeLane 1967
genusAllosycocrinusWanner 1924

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. †Allosycocrinus Wanner 1924
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Allosycocrinus grandis Wanner 1924
Allosycocrinus medius Wanner 1924
Allosycocrinus pusillus Wanner 1924
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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Indonesia A. grandis, A. medius, A. pusillus (118268)