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Decadocrinus

Crinoidea - Decadocrinidae

Taxonomy
Decadocrinus was named by Wachsmuth and Springer (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give C Vise-u]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Decadocrinacea, Decadocrinidae.

It was assigned to Poteriocrinidae by Laudon (1936); to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); to Decadocrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Kammer and Roeser (2012); and to Articuliformes by Wright (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Decadocrinus Wachsmuth and Springer
1936Decadocrinus Laudon
1978Decadocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T686
2002Decadocrinus Sepkoski
2012Decadocrinus Kammer and Roeser p. 483
2017Decadocrinus Wright

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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
superfamilyDecadocrinaceaBather 1890
familyDecadocrinidaeBather 1890
genusDecadocrinusWachsmuth and Springer 1879

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. †Decadocrinus Wachsmuth and Springer 1879
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†Decadocrinus spinulifer Laudon 1936
†Decadocrinus subhemisphericus Moore and Plummer 1940
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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Brigantian or 387.95000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) D. hughwingi, D. wrightae (38460) D. stewartae (38464)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) D. multinodosus (5656 5657 5663) D. multinodosus, D. ornatus (5658) D. ornatus (5667 5669 5670 5671) D. sp. (9352 9355)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Iowa) D. crassidactylus (123304) D. pachydactylus (123300) D. spinulifer (123302)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Indiana) Decatocrinus sp. (66056)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86China (Xinjiang) D. constrictus, D. elongatus, D. rugosus, D. usitatus, D. xinjiangensis (3561) D. xinjiangensis (3565)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Canada (Alberta) D. brazeauensis (8610)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Iowa) D. sp. (73273)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Kentucky) D. scalaris (65689)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) D. depressus (180968)
Osagean - Chadian351.9 - 339.9USA (Indiana) D. stellatus (7373)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) D. depressus (2059)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) D. depressus (699 8118 8121 8127 8137) D. sp. (556 557 8069 8071 8072 8073 8074 8079)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Alabama) D. sp. (2710)