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Apographiocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Apographiocrinidae

Taxonomy
Apographiocrinus was named by Moore and Plummer (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-u P Wc]. It is not extant. Its type is Apographiocrinus typicalis. It is the type genus of Apographiocrinidae, Apographiocrinoidea.

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); to Apographiocrinoidea by Webster and Donovan (2015); and to Apographiocrinidae by Webster (1987), Mao et al. (2018).

Species
A. komukensis, A. nodosus, A. platybasis, A. rugosus, A. typicalis (type species), Delocrinus verbeeki pumila
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. arcuatus, A. raderi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Apographiocrinus Moore and Plummer
1987Apographiocrinus Webster p. 121
2002Apographiocrinus Sepkoski
2015Apographiocrinus Webster and Donovan p. 518
2018Apographiocrinus Mao et al. p. 1073

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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
superfamilyApographiocrinoideaMoore and Laudon 1943
familyApographiocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
genusApographiocrinusMoore and Plummer 1940

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. †Apographiocrinus Moore and Plummer 1940
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†Apographiocrinus komukensis Webster and Jell 1993
†Apographiocrinus nodosus Webster 2012
†Apographiocrinus platybasis Pabian and Strimple 1980
†Apographiocrinus rugosus Wanner 1916
†Apographiocrinus typicalis Moore and Pummer 1940
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: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Roadian or 323.40000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Texas) A. raderi (90767)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) A. sp. (72367 72368 72373 72374 72384 72385) A. typicalis (216601)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) A. sp. (44411)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) A. arcuatus, A. typicalis (90808)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Illinois) A. typicalis (51191)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) A. sp. (72366 72372 72375 72376 72377 72378 72379 72380 72383)
Rusavkinian303.7 - 287.6USA (Nebraska) A. typicalis, A. platybasis (124441)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Greece A. nodosus (137662)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Henan) A. sp. (197054)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) A. pumilus (88211 120562 120565 120567) A. sp. (95195)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand A. sp. (120589)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand (Trang) A. komukensis (40870)