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Aphelecrinus

Crinoidea

Taxonomy
Aphelecrinus was named by Kirk (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Serp-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Aphelecrinus elegans. It is the type genus of Aphelecrinidae.

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); to Aphelecrinidae by Strimple (1967), Lane et al. (2001), Kammer and Roeser (2012); and to Articuliformes by Wright (2017).

Species
A. elegans (type species), A. gracilis, A. tensus
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. angustatus, A. dilatatus, A. oweni, A. parvus, A. randolphensis, A. roscobiensis
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-12-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Aphelecrinus Kirk
1967Aphelecrinus Strimple p. 81
2001Aphelecrinus Lane et al.
2002Aphelecrinus Sepkoski
2012Aphelecrinus Kammer and Roeser p. 479
2017Aphelecrinus Wright

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—Eucladida
—ArticuliformesWright 2017
genusAphelecrinusKirk 1944

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. †Aphelecrinus Kirk 1944
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†Aphelecrinus elegans Kirk 1944
†Aphelecrinus gracilis Kammer and Roeser 2012
†Aphelecrinus tensus Whidborne 1896
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, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Pendleian or 358.86000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Ohio) A. gracilis (276404)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Iowa) A. sp. (73163)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom A. angustatus (90831)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Alabama) A. sp. (2710 6749)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom A. dilatatus, A. parvus (90822) A. dilatatus, A. roscobiensis, A. sp. (90823)
Brigantian - Pendleian335.9 - 326.9USA (Indiana) A. oweni (7014)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Indiana) A. randolphensis, A. oweni (6962)