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Atelestocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Mastigocrinidae

Taxonomy
Atelestocrinus was named by Wachsmuth and Springer (1886) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-l Sepkoski's reference number: 906]. It is not extant. Its type is Atelestocrinus delicatus.

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mastigocrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Kammer and Roeser (2012).

Species
A. delicatus (type species), A. meszarosi
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. hutkensis, A. kentuckyensis
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-12-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Atelestocrinus Wachsmuth and Springer
1978Atelestocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T621
2002Atelestocrinus Sepkoski
2012Atelestocrinus Kammer and Roeser p. 473

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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()
superfamilyMastigocrinoidea(Jaekel 1918)
familyMastigocrinidaeJaekel 1918
genusAtelestocrinusWachsmuth and Springer 1886

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. †Atelestocrinus Wachsmuth and Springer 1886
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†Atelestocrinus delicatus Wachsmuth and Springer 1886
†Atelestocrinus meszarosi Kammer and Roeser 2012
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hastarian to the top of the Ivorian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Ohio) A. meszarosi (276404)
Hastarian - Ivorian358.86 - 346.7Iran (Kerman) A. hutkensis (57115)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Kentucky) A. kentuckyensis (65685 65689)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Tennessee) A. sp. (165203)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Iowa) A. delicatus (230511)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Kentucky) A. sp. (6203 6205 165193)