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Amphipsalidocrinus

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Hypocrinidae

Taxonomy
Amphipsalidocrinus was named by Weller (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant. Its type is Amphipsalidocrinus scissurus. It is the type genus of Amphipsalidocrininae.

It was assigned to Amphipsalidocrininae by Arendt (1970); to Codiacrininae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Amphipsalidocrinus Weller
1930Tytthocrinus Weller
1936Octocrinus Peck
1970Amphipsalidocrinus Arendt p. 193
1978Amphipsalidocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T596
1978Tytthocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T604
2002Amphipsalidocrinus 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
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyHypocrinaceaWanner 1916
familyHypocrinidaeWanner 1916
subfamilyAmphipsalidocrininae
genusAmphipsalidocrinusWeller 1930

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. †Amphipsalidocrinus Weller 1930
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Amphipsalidocrinus alamogordoensis Strimple and Koenig 1956
Amphipsalidocrinus arcarius Koenig and Meyer 1965
Invalid names: Octocrinus Peck 1936 [synonym], Tytthocrinus Weller 1930 [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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Artinskian or 432.90000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Indiana) A. sp. (26778 26858)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Missouri) A. n. sp. (26822) A. sp. (26821)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.0 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) A. sp. (26824)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Tytthocrinus arcarius (76137)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) A. inconsuetus (6733 6734)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7USA (Missouri) Octocrinus inconsuetus (90835)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Indiana) A. scissurus (90779)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation A. posterior (101527)