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Onychocrinus

Crinoidea - Taxocrinida - Synerocrinidae

Taxonomy
Onychocrinus was named by Lyon and Cassidy (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 906]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Onychocrinus Lyon and Cassidy
1978Onychocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T775
2002Onychocrinus Sepkoski

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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)
superorderFlexibilia(Zittel 1895)
orderTaxocrinidaSpringer 1913
superfamilyTaxocrinaceaAngelin 1878
familySynerocrinidaeJaekel 1918
genusOnychocrinusLyon and Cassidy 1860

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. †Onychocrinus Lyon and Cassidy 1860
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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: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:20:53
Modified: 2004-02-28 19:20:53
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Pendleian or 358.86000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Canada (Alberta) O. sp. (8610)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) O. ramulosus, O. exsculptus (180968) O. sp. (2455)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Kentucky) O. grandis (6206)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) O. sp. (2059 2208)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) O. sp. (37879)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) O. exculptus (8120 8129 8130) O. exculptus, O. ramulosus (8121 8126) O. ramulosus (8138) O. sp. (556 557 558)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom O. liddelensis (90826) O. wrighti (90822 90827)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Kentucky) O. pulaskiensis (6968)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Indiana) O. pulaskiensis (6941 6963 6967)