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Nereocrinus

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Codiacrinidae

Taxonomy
Nereocrinus was named by Wanner (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: P l P Guad-u]. Its type is Nereocrinus antiquus.

It was assigned to Cyathocrinidae by Wanner (1924); to Bolbocrininae by Arendt (1970), Ubaghs et al. (1978); to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Codiacrinidae by Webster and Webster (2012).

Species
N. antiquus (type species), N. granulatus, N. jemeljantzewi

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Nereocrinus Wanner
1924Oceanocrinus Wanner
1924Nereocrinus Wanner p. 127
1924Oceanocrinus Wanner p. 131
1970Nereocrinus Arendt p. 114
1978Nereocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T599
2002Nereocrinus Sepkoski
2012Nereocrinus Webster and Webster p. 1561

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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)
superfamilyCodiacrinoideaBather 1890
familyCodiacrinidaeBather 1890
genusNereocrinus

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. †Nereocrinus Wanner 1924
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†Nereocrinus antiquus Wanner 1924
†Nereocrinus granulatus Wanner 1924
†Nereocrinus jemeljantzewi Yakovlev 1937
Invalid names: Oceanocrinus Wanner 1924 [synonym]
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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation N. jemeljantzewi (101527)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Indonesia N. antiquus, Oceanocrinus granulatus (118268)