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Embryocrinus

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Codiacrinidae

Taxonomy
Embryocrinus was named by Wanner (1916) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon P Guad-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Embryocrinus hanieli.

It was assigned to Cranocrininae by Arendt (1970); to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Codiacrinidae by Lane (1979), Webster and Webster (2012).

Species
E. bashkiricus, E. hanieli (type species), E. variabilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Embryocrinus Wanner
1970Embryocrinus Arendt p. 148
1979Embryocrinus Lane p. 129
2002Embryocrinus Sepkoski
2012Embryocrinus Webster and Webster p. 1036

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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)
superfamilyCodiacrinoidea(Bather 1890)
familyCodiacrinidaeBather 1890
genusEmbryocrinusWanner 1916

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. †Embryocrinus Wanner 1916
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†Embryocrinus bashkiricus Arendt 1970
†Embryocrinus hanieli Wanner 1916
†Embryocrinus variabilis Arendt 1970
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 Artinskian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 290.10000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation E. bashkiricus (101534) E. variabilis (101527 101531 101532)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Indonesia E. hanieli (118268)
Artinskian - Guadalupian290.1 - 259.51Indonesia (Timor) E. hanieli (223632)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Indonesia E. hanieli (39608 39610)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) E. variabilis (41975)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Indonesia (Timor) E. hanieli (223607)