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Paracosmetocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Aphelecrinidae

Taxonomy
Paracosmetocrinus was named by Strimple (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Tour-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Aphelecrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Paracosmetocrinus Strimple
1978Paracosmetocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T655
2002Paracosmetocrinus 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
superfamilyScytalocrinoidea()
familyAphelecrinidaeStrimple 1967
genusParacosmetocrinusStrimple 1967

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. †Paracosmetocrinus Strimple 1967
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Hastarian or 364.70000 to 353.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. sp. (38329)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. sp. (38304)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Iran (Kerman) P. delicatus (201824)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Utah) P. lundi (42028)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Iowa) P. sp. (73163 73273)
Hastarian - Ivorian358.9 - 346.7Iran (Kerman) P. delicatus (57115)