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Cosmetocrinus

Crinoidea - Aphelecrinidae

Taxonomy
Cosmetocrinus was named by Kirk (1941) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-m C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 906,1247]. It is not extant. Its type is Cosmetocrinus gracilis.

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aphelecrinidae by Webster and Jell (1992), Kammer and Roeser (2012).

Species
C. crineus, C. gracilis (type species), C. middalyaensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. dunlopi, C. parvus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Cosmetocrinus Kirk
1992Cosmetocrinus Webster and Jell p. 337
2002Cosmetocrinus Sepkoski
2012Cosmetocrinus Kammer and Roeser p. 480

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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)
suborderDendrocrininaBather 1899
superfamilyScytalocrinacea
familyAphelecrinidaeStrimple 1967
genusCosmetocrinusKirk 1941

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. †Cosmetocrinus Kirk 1941
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†Cosmetocrinus crineus Hall 1863
†Cosmetocrinus middalyaensis Webster and Jell 1992
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, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Sakmarian or 372.15000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5China (Xinjiang) C. parvus (3562)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) C. sp. (38295 38302)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) C. sp. (38304)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Ohio) C. crineus (236671)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Canada (Alberta) C. sp. (8610)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) C. gracilis (37879)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom C. dunlopi (90823 90826)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) C. middalyaensis (120568)