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Spheniscocrinus

Crinoidea - Ampelocrinida - Ampelocrinidae

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

It was assigned to Ampelocrinidae by Webster and Jell (1992), Webster and Jell (1999); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Spheniscocrinus Wanner
1992Spheniscocrinus Webster and Jell p. 339
1999Spheniscocrinus Webster and Jell p. 301
2002Spheniscocrinus Sepkoski

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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)
orderAmpelocrinida
familyAmpelocrinidaeKirk 1942
genusSpheniscocrinusWanner 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. †Spheniscocrinus Wanner 1937
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Spheniscocrinus australis Webster and Jell 1992
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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) S. australis (120583)