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Gasterocoma

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Gasterocomidae

Taxonomy
Gasterocoma was named by Goldfuss (1839) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg D Give]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Gasterocomacea, Gasterocomidae.

It was assigned to Gasterocomidae by Johnson and Lane (1969), Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Gasterocoma Goldfuss
1969Gasterocoma Johnson and Lane
1978Gasterocoma Ubaghs et al. p. T587
2002Gasterocoma Sepkoski

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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)
superfamilyGasterocomaceaRoemer 1854
familyGasterocomidaeRoemer 1854
genusGasterocomaGoldfuss 1839

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. †Gasterocoma Goldfuss 1839
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Gasterocoma bicaula Johnson and Lane 1969
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 Pragian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 413.02000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47USA (Nevada) G. bicaula (123279)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Canada (Ontario) G. sp. (40058)
Lochkovian - Zlichovian419.62 - 393.47Canada (Yukon) G. sp. (603)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62France (Bretagne) G. armoricana (81603)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Yukon) G. bicaula (81646 81647 81648)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) G. bicaula (40039)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47USA (Alaska) G. bicauli (3948)