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Stellarocrinus

Crinoidea

Taxonomy
Stellarocrinus was named by Strimple (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-u P Wc]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Stellarocrinidae.

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); to Stellarocrinidae by Webster and Lane (1967), Ubaghs et al. (1978), Webster et al. (2009); and to Articuliformes by Wright (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Stellarocrinus Strimple
1967Stellarocrinus Webster and Lane p. 12
1978Stellarocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T668
2002Stellarocrinus Sepkoski
2009Stellarocrinus Webster et al. p. 246
2017Stellarocrinus 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
genusStellarocrinusStrimple 1940

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. †Stellarocrinus Strimple 1940
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Stellarocrinus bilineatus Strimple and Moore 1971
Stellarocrinus comptus Webster and Lane 1967
Stellarocrinus cuneatus Lane and Webster 1966
Stellarocrinus qijiagouensis Webster et al. 2009
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Artinskian or 315.20000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0China (Xinjiang) S. qijiagouensis (92636)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) S. sp. (72365 72367 72368 72373 72374 72384 72385) S. virgilensis (216601)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) S. sp. (72366 72371 72372 72375 72377 72383)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) S. texani, S. sp. (90808)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) S. sp. (44411)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Illinois) S. virgilensis, S. bilineatus (51191)
Rusavkinian303.7 - 287.6USA (Nebraska) S. stillativus (124407)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Oklahoma) Brabeocrinus cuneatus (87284)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) S. cuneatus (74742 90757) S. sp., S. cuneatus, S. comptus (90756)
Pavlovoposadian287.6 - 276.8USA (Nebraska) S. stillativus (124492)