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Botryocrinus

Crinoidea - Botryocrinidae

Taxonomy
Botryocrinus was named by Angelin (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-u D Give Sepkoski's reference number: 254]. It is not extant. Its type is Botryocrinus ramosissimus. It is the type genus of Botryocrinidae.

It was assigned to Botryocrinidae by Laudon (1936) and Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
B. ramosissimus (type species), B. thomasi
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. montisguyonensis, B. punctatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Botryocrinus Angelin
1936Botryocrinus Laudon
1978Botryocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T613
2002Botryocrinus 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
genusBotryocrinusAngelin 1878

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. †Botryocrinus Angelin 1878
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†Botryocrinus ramosissimus Angelin 1878
†Botryocrinus thomasi Laudon 1936
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 Sheinwoodian to the top of the Givetian or 433.40000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Oklahoma) B. sp. (528)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5USA (Iowa) B. sp. (26769)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5USA (Indiana) B. sp. (26805)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) B. sp. (13597)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Tennessee) B. polyxa (26788)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Indiana) B. polyxo (26778 26789 26792 26794 26856) B. polyxo, B. nucleus (26787)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic B. sp. (14104)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (Missouri) B. sp. nov. 1, B. sp. nov. 2 (26822)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.6 - 419.2USA (Oklahoma) B. parcus (26824)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6France (Bretagne) B. punctatus (81603)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3France B. montisguyonensis (56705)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3France (Alsace) B. montisguyonensis (40505)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) B. reimanni (5658)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Ohio) B. neimani (38460)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Iowa) B. thomasi (123302 123303)