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Plummericrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Pachylocrinidae

Taxonomy
Plummericrinus was named by Moore and Laudon (1943) [Sepkoski's age data: C Serp-l P Wc].

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pachylocrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Webster and Lane (2007).

Species
P. bulbosus, P. expansus, P. jelli
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. erectus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Plummericrinus Moore and Laudon
1978Plummericrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T671
2002Plummericrinus Sepkoski
2007Plummericrinus Webster and Lane p. 959

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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
superfamilyApographiocrinoideaMoore and Laudon 1943
familyPachylocrinidae
genusPlummericrinus

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. †Plummericrinus Moore and Laudon 1943
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†Plummericrinus bulbosus Webster and Lane 2007
†Plummericrinus expansus Moore and Strimple 1973
†Plummericrinus jelli Webster and Lane 2007
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: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Artinskian or 323.40000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) P. expansus (128690)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Illinois) P. erectus (51191)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) P. sp. (72366 72372)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (44411)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (72365 72367 72374 72385)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) P. jelli, P. bulbosus (90757)