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Eoindocrinus

Crinoidea - Indocrinidae

Taxonomy
Eoindocrinus was named by Arendt (1981) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-m]. Its type is Eoindocrinus praerimosus.

It was assigned to Indocrininae by Arendt (1981); to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Indocrinidae by Webster (1990), Webster and Webster (2012), Webster et al. (2025).

Species
E. ageri, E. praecontignatus, E. praerimosus (type species), E. spinosus
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2025-08-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Eoindocrinus Arendt p. 53
1990Eoindocrinus Webster p. 64
2002Eoindocrinus Sepkoski
2012Eoindocrinus Webster and Webster p. 1052
2025Eoindocrinus Webster et al. p. 661

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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)
—Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
superfamilyLophocrinoidea(Bather 1899)
familyIndocrinidaeWanner 1916
genusEoindocrinus

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. †Eoindocrinus Arendt 1981
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†Eoindocrinus ageri Webster et al. 2025
†Eoindocrinus praerimosus Arendt 1981
†Eoindocrinus spinosus Webster et al. 2025
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 290.10000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation E. praecontignatus, E. praerimosus (101532) E. praerimosus (101531)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Oman E. ageri (275572) E. spinosus (275574)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) E. praecontignatus (72211 120582)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Australia (Queensland) E. praecontignatus (120593)