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Cymbiocrinus

Crinoidea - Ampelocrinida - Ampelocrinidae

Taxonomy
Cymbiocrinus was named by Kirk (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u P Tatr]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Cymbiocrinidae.

It was assigned to Cymbiocrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); to Apographiocrinidae by Webster and Jell (1993); to Ampelocrinidae by Webster and Jell (1999); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Cymbiocrinus Kirk
1978Cymbiocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T739
1993Cymbiocrinus Webster and Jell p. 357
1999Cymbiocrinus Webster and Jell p. 317
2002Cymbiocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderAmpelocrinida
familyAmpelocrinidaeKirk 1942
genusCymbiocrinusKirk 1944

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. †Cymbiocrinus Kirk 1944
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Cymbiocrinus anatonus Washburn 1968
Cymbiocrinus cuneatus Washburn 1968
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 Chesterian to the top of the Sakmarian or 335.50000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Alabama) C. sp. (2710 6763 6764 6766 6769 6773 6782 6790 6792 6795 6798 6799 6800 6801 6803 6804 6805 6806 6808 6809 6811 6823 6831 6841 6845 6846 6847 6848)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Kentucky) C. sp. (206292)
Morrowan - Wolfcampian323.2 - 286.0USA (Utah) C. anatonus, C. cuneatus (124622)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Thailand C. sp. (120590)