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Costalocrinus

Crinoidea - Botryocrinidae

Taxonomy
Costalocrinus was named by Jaekel (1918) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg-u C Vise-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Costalocrinus dilatatus.

It was assigned to Botryocrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978), McIntosh (1984); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Costalocrinus Jaekel
1978Costalocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T614
1984Costalocrinus McIntosh
2002Costalocrinus 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
genusCostalocrinusJaekel 1918

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. †Costalocrinus Jaekel 1918
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†Costalocrinus conkini McIntosh 1984
†Costalocrinus cornutus Owen and Schumard 1850
†Costalocrinus dilatatus Schultze 1867
†Costalocrinus helenae Schmidt 1941
†Costalocrinus ibericus Kammer 2001
†Costalocrinus rex McIntosh 1984
†Costalocrinus sentosus Goldring 1923
†Costalocrinus thymos Kammer 2001
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 Couvinien to the top of the Tournaisian or 410.20000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Germany C. helenae (123887)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany C. consolidatus (123882)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Spain (Leon) C. consolidatus (123886)
Couvinien410.2 - 387.95Germany (Kerpen) C. dilatatus (123880)
Couvinien410.2 - 387.95USA (Kentucky) C. conkini (123881)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Indiana) C. rex (124084)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Kentucky) C. rex (124083)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Botryocrinus sentosus (5663) C. rex (124078 124079) C. sentosus (123888 123890 123891 123895 124059 124060 124065) C. sentosus, C. rex (123889 123892 123893 123894 124056 124062 124077) C. sp. (8979 8987 9003 9016 9017 9020)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Ontario) C. rex (124080 124081 124082)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Kentucky) C. cornutus (65685)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Kentucky) C. cornutus (6200 165194 165201)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Tennessee) C. cornutus (165240)
Osagean - Chadian351.9 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) C. cornutus (6201 165199)