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Barycrinus

Crinoidea - Botryocrinidae

Taxonomy
Barycrinus was named by Meeke and Worthen (1868) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u C Vise-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Barycrinus spurius.

It was assigned to Botryocrinidae by McIntosh (1984); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
B. rhombiferus, B. spurius (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. asteriscus, B. herculeus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Barycrinus Meeke and Worthen
1984Barycrinus McIntosh
2002Barycrinus 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
—ArticuliformesWright 2017
familyBotryocrinidaeBather 1899
genusBarycrinusMeeke and Worthen 1868

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. †Barycrinus Meeke and Worthen 1868
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†Barycrinus rhombiferus Owen and Shumard 1852
†Barycrinus spurius Hall 1868
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Serpukhovian or 358.86000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) B. sp. (6734)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Kentucky) B. spurius (65685)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Indiana) B. sp. (224221 224226 224230 224232)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Kentucky) B. rhombiferus (165245) B. sculptus (165192 165246) B. sculptus, B. stellatus, B. rhombiferus (6206) B. sculptus, B. stellatus, B. spurius (6200) B. sculptus, B. stellatus, B. spurius, B. rhombiferus (6204) B. spurius (165200 165204) B. stellatus (165191) B. stellatus, B. sculptus (6202 165195) B. stellatus, B. sculptus, B. spurius (6203 6205 165193) B. stellatus, B. sculptus, B. spurius, B. rhombiferus (165201) B. stellatus, B. spurius, B. rhombiferus (165194 165244)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) B. asteriscus, B. cornutus, B. hoveyi (2257) B. asteriscus, B. hoveyi (2455) B. hoveyi (180968) B. sp. (550 567)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Tennessee) B. sculptus, B. stellatus, B. spurius (165203) B. stellatus, B. rhombiferus (165239 165240 165241)
Osagean - Chadian351.9 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) B. spp., B. stellatus, B. spurius (6201) B. stellatus (165199)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) B. asperrimus, B. cornutus (2448) B. asperrimus, B. cornutus, B. hoveyi (2251) B. asperrimus, B. cornutus, B. hoveyi, B. stenobrachium (2439) B. asperrimus, B. cornutus, B. stenobrachium (2252 2442) B. asteriscus (2185 2191 2204 2250) B. asteriscus, B. hoveyi (2187) B. asteriscus, B. hoveyi, B. stenobrachium (2202 2208) B. asteriscus, B. stenobrachium (2059) B. hoveyi (2445)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) B. cornutus, B. sculptilis (5869) B. cornutus, B. tumidus, B. sp. (5868) B. sp. (2673 2680 2681 2690 76446)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) B. asteriscus (8072) B. hoveyi (8068 8114 8120 8130 8136 8137 8139) B. hoveyi, B. asteriscus (8067) B. sp. (556 557 558)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) B. sp. (562) B. stellatus, B. spurius, B. rhombiferus (37879)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Kentucky) B. asteriscus (2780 2826 2828 2831)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Indiana) B. asteriscus (2833)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) B. herculeus (5611)