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Gilmocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Amabilicrinidae

Taxonomy
Gilmocrinus was named by Lauden (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Vise-l Sepkoski's reference number: 906]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scytalocrinidae by Webster et al. (1999); to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Amabilicrinidae by Webster et al. (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Gilmocrinus Lauden
1999Gilmocrinus Webster et al. p. 472
2002Gilmocrinus Sepkoski
2003Gilmocrinus Webster et al. pp. 16 - 17

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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
superfamilyGlossocrinacea
familyAmabilicrinidae
genusGilmocrinusLauden 1933

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. †Gilmocrinus Lauden 1933
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Kinderhookian or 365.20000 to 351.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86USA (Colorado) G. albus (3544)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Iowa) G. sp. (73274)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Iowa) G. sp. (3309)