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Spaniocrinus

Crinoidea

Taxonomy
Spaniocrinus was named by Strimple (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spaniocrinidae by Webster and Jell (1999); to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Articuliformes by Wright (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Spaniocrinus Strimple
1999Spaniocrinus Webster and Jell p. 298
2002Spaniocrinus Sepkoski
2017Spaniocrinus Wright

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
ArticuliformesWright 2017
genusSpaniocrinusStrimple 1971

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. †Spaniocrinus Strimple 1971
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Spaniocrinus geniculatus Webster and Jell 1999
Spaniocrinus trinodus Weller 1909
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

Age range: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 323.40000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) S. sp. (128690)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Erisocrinus trinodus (89392)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Australia (Queensland) S. geniculatus (120593)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Azerbaijan S. transcaucasicus (241016)