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Vasocrinus

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Euspirocrinidae

Taxonomy
Vasocrinus was named by Lyon (1857) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi D Give]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Vasocrinus Lyon
1978Vasocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T585
2002Vasocrinus 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
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyCyathocrinitoidea(Roemer 1854)
familyEuspirocrinidaeBather 1890
genusVasocrinusLyon 1857

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. †Vasocrinus Lyon 1857
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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: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Pragian or 419.62000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62France (Alsace) V. laevis (38802)