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Cranocrinus

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Hypocrinidae

Taxonomy
Cranocrinus was named by Wanner (1929) [Sepkoski's age data: C Bash P Guad-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Cranocrinus timoricus. It is the type genus of Cranocrininae.

It was assigned to Cranocrininae by Arendt (1970); to Codiacrininae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. praestans, C. timoricus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Cranocrinus Wanner
1970Cranocrinus Arendt p. 140
1978Cranocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T596
2002Cranocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyHypocrinaceaWanner 1916
familyHypocrinidaeWanner 1916
subfamilyCranocrininae
genusCranocrinusWanner 1929

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. †Cranocrinus Wanner 1929
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Cranocrinus praestans Arendt 1970
Cranocrinus timoricus Wanner 1929
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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation C. praestans (101527 101531 101532)