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Taxocrinus

Crinoidea - Taxocrinida - Taxocrinidae

Discussion

Phillips, in Morris, 1843

Taxonomy
Taxocrinus was named by Phillips (1843) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife C Serp-l]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Taxocrinacea, Taxocrinidae.

It was assigned to Taxocrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Ausich (1998) and Webster et al. (1999); and to Taxocrinida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
T. anomalus, T. macrodactylus, T. ovalis, T. stultus
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. ungula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Taxocrinus Phillips
1978Taxocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T768
1998Taxocrinus Ausich p. 23
1999Taxocrinus Webster et al. p. 475
2002Taxocrinus 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
familyTaxocrinidaeAngelin 1878
genusTaxocrinusPhillips 1843

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. †Taxocrinus Phillips 1843
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†Taxocrinus anomalus Waters et al. 2003
†Taxocrinus macrodactylus Phillips 1841
†Taxocrinus ovalis Angelin 1878
†Taxocrinus stultus Whidborne 1896
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Chesterian or 433.40000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (79893)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany T. stuertzi (26904)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic (Moravia) T. sp. (5767)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (Western Australia) T. sp. (38996)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Mongolia (Hovd) T. anomalus (222971)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9China (Xinjiang) T. anomalus (123199)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Colorado) T. sp. (3544)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8United Kingdom (England) T. macrodactylus (229584)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Iowa) T. sp. (73273)
Hastarian - Ivorian358.9 - 346.7Iran (Kerman) T. quadribrachiatus (57115)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Kentucky) T. spp. (65685 65689)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Indiana) T. colletti (180968)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) T. colletti (2208) T. ungula (2059)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) T. pustulosus (5868)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) T. colletti (699 8113 8115 8120 8121 8126 8127 8128 8129 8135 8138 8139) T. sp. (556 557 8067 8068 8072 8080)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) T. colletti (37879) T. sp. (562)
Holkerian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (41284)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Tennessee) T. sp. (90811)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Kentucky) T. sp. (206292)