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Perimestocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Pirasocrinidae

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

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pirasocrinidae by Webster (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Perimestocrinus Moore and Plummer
2002Perimestocrinus Sepkoski
2006Perimestocrinus Webster

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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
superfamilyPirasocrinoidea(Moore and Laudon 1943)
familyPirasocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
genusPerimestocrinusMoore 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. †Perimestocrinus Moore and Plummer 1937
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Perimestocrinus nevadensis Lane and Webster 1966
Perimestocrinus oasis Webster and Lane 1967
Perimestocrinus teneris Moore and Plummer 1938
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 Morrowan to the top of the Kungurian or 323.40000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) P. teneris (128687)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) P. teneris (129921)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) P. moseleyi (90808)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) P. nevadensis (74742 90757) P. nevadensis, P. oasis (90756)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Delocrinus excavatus (89392)