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Erisocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Erisocrinidae

Taxonomy
Erisocrinus was named by Meek and Worthen (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: C Bash-u P Wc]. It is not extant. Its type is Erisocrinus typus. It is the type genus of Erisocrinacea, Erisocrinidae.

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Erisocrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Webster (2006), Mao et al. (2018).

Species
E. longwelli, E. propinquus, E. typus (type species), E. wapanucka

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Erisocrinus Meek and Worthen
1978Erisocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T705
2002Erisocrinus Sepkoski
2006Erisocrinus Webster
2018Erisocrinus Mao et al. p. 1075

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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)
familyErisocrinidaeMiller 1889
genusErisocrinusMeek and Worthen 1865

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. †Erisocrinus Meek and Worthen 1865
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†Erisocrinus longwelli Lane and Webster 1966
†Erisocrinus propinquus Weller 1909
†Erisocrinus typus Meek and Worthen 1865
†Erisocrinus wapanucka Strimple 1961
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 Morrowan to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 323.40000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) E. wapanucka (128689)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) E. sp. (72365 72367 72368 72373 72374 72384 72385) E. typus (216601)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) E. typus (26878)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) E. typus (159904)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) E. sp. (44411)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) E. sp. (90808)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) E. sp. (72366 72369 72371 72372 72375 72376 72377 72378 72379 72383)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Illinois) E. typus (51191)
Rusavkinian303.7 - 287.6USA (Nebraska) E. typus (124441)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Henan) E. longwelli (197054)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) E. longwelli (74742 90756 90757)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) E. propinquus (89392)
Noginskian276.8 - 264.9USA (Nebraska) E. typus (124442)
Melekhovian264.9 - 251.902USA (Nebraska) E. longwelli (124480 124481)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Azerbaijan E. araxensis (42898 110681)