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Paraplasocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Catacrinidae

Taxonomy
Paraplasocrinus was named by Moore and Plummer (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-u]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Paraplasocrinus Moore and Plummer
1978Paraplasocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T717
2002Paraplasocrinus 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
superfamilyErisocrinoidea(Wachsmuth and Springer 1886)
familyCatacrinidaeKnapp 1969
genusParaplasocrinusMoore and Plummer 1937

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. †Paraplasocrinus Moore and Plummer 1937
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Invalid names: Paraplasocrinus mammillaris Wanner 1916 [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, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Wordian or 290.10000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902Indonesia (Timor) Cibolocrinus transitorius (223619)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Indonesia Cibolocrinus transitorius (118268)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Indonesia Cibolocrinus transitorius (39608 39610)