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Delocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Catacrinidae

Taxonomy
Delocrinus was named by Miller and Gurley (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-u P Guad-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Erisocrinidae by Washburn (1968); to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Catacrinidae by Pabian and Strimple (1974) and Webster and Webster (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Delocrinus Miller and Gurley
1968Delocrinus Washburn
1974Delocrinus Pabian and Strimple p. 303
2002Delocrinus Sepkoski
2012Delocrinus Webster and Webster pp. 905 - 906

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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
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyErisocrinoidea(Wachsmuth and Springer 1886)
familyCatacrinidaeKnapp 1969
genusDelocrinusMiller and Gurley 1890

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. †Delocrinus Miller and Gurley 1890
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†Delocrinus admirensis Strimple 1962
†Delocrinus densus Strimple 1962
†Delocrinus titicara Strimple and Moore 1971
†Delocrinus vastus Lane and Webster 1966
†Delocrinus vulgatus 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 Meramecian to the top of the Wolfcampian or 343.00000 to 286.00000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Virginia) D. sp. (7016)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) D. pentanodus, D. sp. (90796)
Morrowan - Wolfcampian323.2 - 286.0USA (Utah) D. subhemisphericus (124621)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Arizona) D. sp. (90773)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Nevada) D. graphicus (39158)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) D. hemisphericus, D. sp. (90784)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) D. hemisphericus (90785) D. hemisphericus, D. sp. (90783) D. sp. (90781 90782)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) D. sp. (66107)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9USA (Utah) D. sp. (39989)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) D. sp. (72366 72369 72371 72372 72375 72376 72377 72378 72379 72380 72383)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) D. sp. (44411)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) D. hemisphericus (159900) D. sp., D. pictus, D. subhemisphericus (90808)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) D. sp. (72365 72367 72368 72373 72374 72384 72385)
Rusavkinian303.7 - 302.2USA (Kansas) D. vulgatus (124435)
Rusavkinian303.7 - 302.2USA (Nebraska) D. vulgatus (124407 124433 124441 124479)
Rusavkinian303.7 - 302.2USA (Iowa) D. vulgatus (124436 124440)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) D. vastus (116100)
Noginskian301.2 - 300.1USA (Nebraska) D. vulgatus (124442)
Melekhovian300.1 - 251.902USA (Nebraska) D. admirensis (124443)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Oklahoma) D. densus (87284 87285)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) D. admirensis (88663)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Bolivia D. titicara (118842)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Nebraska) D. vastus (116096)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Nevada) D. vastus (74742 90756)