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Eratocrinus

Crinoidea - Zeacrinitidae

Taxonomy
Eratocrinus was named by Kirk (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u C Vise-l Sepkoski's reference number: 906]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Zeacrinitidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Eratocrinus Kirk
1978Eratocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T748
2002Eratocrinus Sepkoski

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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
superfamilyZeacrinitaceaBassler and Moodey 1943
familyZeacrinitidaeBassler and Moodey 1943
genusEratocrinusKirk 1938

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. †Eratocrinus Kirk 1938
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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, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Chadian to the top of the Osagean or 346.70000 to 342.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Iowa) E. scoparius (230511)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) E. salemensis (2059)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) E. sp. (556)