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Anchicrinus

Crinoidea - Laudonocrinidae

Taxonomy
Anchicrinus was named by Strimple and Watkins (1969) [Sepkoski's age data: C Bash-l C Mosc-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Laudonocrinidae by Moore and Strimple (1973), Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. planulatus, A. rugosus
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. echinosacculus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Anchicrinus Strimple and Watkins
1973Anchicrinus Moore and Strimple
1978Anchicrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T663
2002Anchicrinus 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
superfamilyLophocrinoidea(Bather 1899)
familyLaudonocrinidaeMoore and Strimple 1973
genusAnchicrinusStrimple and Watkins 1969

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. †Anchicrinus Strimple and Watkins 1969
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†Anchicrinus planulatus Moore and Strimple 1973
†Anchicrinus rugosus Strimple 1961
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 18:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) A. planulatus (128679) A. planulatus, A. rugosus (128687) A. rugosus (128689 128690)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) A. planulatus (128978 128985)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) A. echinosacculus (90797)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (Nunavut) A. planulatus (90768)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Missouri) A. sp. A (90801) A. sp. B (90802)