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Tholocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Zeacrinitidae

Taxonomy
Tholocrinus was named by Kirk (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u C Serp-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Zeacrinitidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Tholocrinus Kirk
1978Tholocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T750
2002Tholocrinus Sepkoski

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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
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyZeacrinitoidea(Bassler and Moodey 1943)
familyZeacrinitidaeBassler and Moodey 1943
genusTholocrinusKirk 1939

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. †Tholocrinus Kirk 1939
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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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pendleian or 330.30000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Kentucky) T. sp. (206292)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Illinois) T. unionensis, T. discus (90821)