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Hypselocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae

Taxonomy
Hypselocrinus was named by Kirk (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Vise-u Sepkoski's reference number: 906]. Its type is Poteriocrinus hoveyi.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Hypselocrinus Kirk p. 325
1999Hypselocrinus Webster et al. p. 470
2002Hypselocrinus 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
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyScytalocrinacea
familyScytalocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
genusHypselocrinus

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. †Hypselocrinus Kirk 1940
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†Hypselocrinus arcanus Miller and Gurley 1890
†Hypselocrinus cavus Washburn 1968
†Hypselocrinus defendus Washburn 1968
†Hypselocrinus douglassi Miller and Gurley 1896
†Hypselocrinus hoveyi Worthen 1875
†Hypselocrinus maccabei Miller and Gurley 1894
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Invalid names: Poteriocrinus hammondi Miller and Gurley 1894 [synonym]
†Hypselocrinus macrodactylus Meek and Worthen 1869
†Hypselocrinus neglectus Miller and Gurley 1896
†Hypselocrinus pleias Hall 1863
†Hypselocrinus superus Washburn 1968
†Hypselocrinus tethys Meek and Worthen 1869
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 Wolfcampian or 365.20000 to 286.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86USA (Colorado) H. bisonensis (3544)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Iowa) H. sp. (73163 73273 73274)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Illinois) H. maccabei (5749)
Early/Lower Mississippian358.86 - 346.7USA (California) H. pleias (226745)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) H. hoveyi (180968) H. indianensis, H. sp. (2455)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) H. sp., H. hoveyi (2059)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) H. hoveyi (37879)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) H. hoveyi (8119 8121 8137) H. sp. (556 558)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Kentucky) H. campanulus (6966)
Morrowan - Wolfcampian323.4 - 286.0USA (Utah) H. defendus, H. superus, H. cavus (124622) H. secundus, H. defendus (124620)