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Phacelocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Phacelocrinus Kirk p. 329
1973Phacelocrinus Moore and Strimple
2002Phacelocrinus 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
genusPhacelocrinus

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. †Phacelocrinus Kirk 1940
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Phacelocrinus bisselli Worthen 1873
Phacelocrinus brevis Moore and Strimple 1973
Phacelocrinus gracilis Troost 1849
Phacelocrinus longidactylus McChesney 1860
Phacelocrinus rosei Moore and Plummer 1938
Phacelocrinus vanhornei Worthen in Worthen and Meek 1875
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Invalid names: Poteriocrinus arrectarius Miller and Gurley 1896 [synonym]
Phacelocrinus wachsmuthi Wetherby 1880
Phacelocrinus wetherbyi Miller 1879
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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Morrowan or 335.90000 to 318.60000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Alabama) P. sp. (6769 6773 6777 6780 6790 6791 6792 6793 6794 6795 6799 6803 6806 6807 6808 6809 6811 6812 6823 6831 6841 6847)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Indiana) P. longidactylus (6963)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) P. rosei (90795) P. rosei, P. brevis (128687)