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Contocrinus

Crinoidea - Graphiocrinidae

Taxonomy
Contocrinus was named by Knapp (1969) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-u C Step-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Graphiocrinidae by Webster and Jell (1993), Webster and Donovan (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Contocrinus Knapp
1993Contocrinus Webster and Jell p. 355
2002Contocrinus Sepkoski
2015Contocrinus Webster and Donovan p. 511

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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
superorderCyathoformes
superfamilyErisocrinoidea(Wachsmuth and Springer 1886)
familyGraphiocrinidaeWachsmuth and Springer 1886
genusContocrinusKnapp 1969

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. †Contocrinus Knapp 1969
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Contocrinus andamanensis Webster and Jell 1993
Contocrinus coupi Strimple and Moore 1971
Contocrinus stantonensis Strimple 1939
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Missourian to the top of the Roadian or 306.00000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Illinois) C. coupi (51191)
Rusavkinian303.7 - 287.6USA (Nebraska) C. stantonensis (124441)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand (Trang) Graphiocrinus sp. (40870)