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Tapinocrinus

Crinoidea - Graphiocrinidae

Taxonomy
Tapinocrinus was named by Webster (1987) [Sepkoski's age data: P Sakm P Guad-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Tapinocrinus macurdai.

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Graphiocrinidae by Webster (1987), Webster and Donovan (2015).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Tapinocrinus Webster
2002Tapinocrinus Sepkoski
2015Tapinocrinus Webster and Donovan p. 516

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
superfamilyErisocrinoidea(Wachsmuth and Springer 1886)
familyGraphiocrinidaeWachsmuth and Springer 1886
genusTapinocrinus

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. †Tapinocrinus Webster 1987
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Tapinocrinus ingrami Webster 1987
Tapinocrinus macurdai Webster 1987
Tapinocrinus spinosus Wanner 1916
Tapinocrinus timoricus Wanner 1916
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 Sakmarian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 293.52000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) T. sp., T. macurdai, T. ingrami (88211)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Indonesia Graphiocrinus timoricus (118268)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) T. spinosus (72211 120584 120611)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Indonesia (Timor) Graphiocrinus timoricus (223610)