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Anisocrinus

Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Anisocrinidae

Taxonomy
Anisocrinus is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Anisocrinus interradiatus. It is the type genus of Anisocrinidae.

It was assigned to Sagenocrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Anisocrinidae by Ausich and Copper (2010).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Anisocrinus Sepkoski
2010Anisocrinus Ausich and Copper p. 62

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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)
orderSagenocrinidaSpringer 1913
superfamilyIcthyocrinaceaAngelin 1878
familyAnisocrinidaeEckert and Brett 2001
genusAnisocrinus

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.

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Anisocrinus interradiatus Angelin 1878
Anisocrinus prinstaensis Ausich and Copper 2010
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 17:17:44
Modified: 2004-02-28 19:17:44
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hirnantian to the top of the Wenlock or 445.20000 to 426.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) A. prinstaensis (202379)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Indiana) A. laurelensis (26771)