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Prochoidiocrinus

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Codiacrinidae

Taxonomy
Prochoidiocrinus was named by Wanner (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Prochoidiocrinus nodosus.

It was assigned to Thetidicrininae by Arendt (1970), Ubaghs et al. (1978); to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Codiacrinidae by Webster and Webster (2012).

Species
P. nodosus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Prochoidiocrinus Wanner
1970Prochoidiocrinus Arendt p. 96
1978Prochoidiocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T601
2002Prochoidiocrinus Sepkoski
2012Prochoidiocrinus Webster and Webster p. 1888

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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
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyCodiacrinoideaBather 1890
familyCodiacrinidaeBather 1890
genusProchoidiocrinusWanner 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. †Prochoidiocrinus Wanner 1937
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Prochoidiocrinus nodosus Wanner 1937
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available