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Crotalocrinites

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Crotalocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Crotalocrinites was named by Austin (1842) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-u S Ludl]. It is not extant. Its type is Cyathocrinites rugosus. It is the type genus of Crotalocrinitidae.

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Crotalocrinitidae by Ausich and Copper (2010).

Species
C. borealis, C. rugosus
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. cora

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Crotalocrinites Austin
2002Crotalocrinites Sepkoski
2010Crotalocrinites Ausich and Copper p. 51

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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)
superfamilyGasterocomoidea(Roemer 1854)
familyCrotalocrinitidaeBassler 1938
genusCrotalocrinitesAustin 1842

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. †Crotalocrinites Austin 1842
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†Crotalocrinites borealis Yeltyschewa 1955
†Crotalocrinites rugosus Miller 1821
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Stem lengths of <10 cm according to Brett (1984), therefore intermediate level epifaunal.g
Created: 2009-10-09 11:47:29
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:47:29
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Lochkovian or 438.50000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian - Wenlock443.8 - 427.4USA (Illinois) C. cora (13355)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Pentagonocyclicus borealis (206317)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (Iowa) C. sp. (26763)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Russian Federation (Yakutiya) C. borealis (79394)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Norway C. sp. (14321)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) C. rugosus (79893)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation C. sp. (23772 24690 24749)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Wisconsin) C. cora (13013 13014 13353)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Illinois) C. cora, C. vanhornei (26770) C. sp. (26703 26709)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Wisconsin) C. cora (26701) C. sp. (26707)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Iowa) C. sp. (26716)
Wenlock - Silurian433.4 - 419.2USA (Wisconsin) C. cora (13069 13075 13104)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Norway C. sp. (14316)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Ukraine C. rugosus (23468)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0USA (Indiana) C. sp. (6706)
Kaugetuma423.0 - 421.5Estonia C. rugosus (195606)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (Victoria) C. pulcher (7196 39124)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Kazakhstan C. sp. (24743)
Siegen412.3 - 409.1Mongolia C. rugosus (79688)