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Gaulocrinus

Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Gaulocrinidae

Taxonomy
Gaulocrinus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Gaulocrinidae.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Gaulocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T785
2002Gaulocrinus 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)
orderSagenocrinidaSpringer 1913
superfamilyLecanocrinacea
familyGaulocrinidaeMoore and Strimple 1973
genusGaulocrinus

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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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Chadian to the top of the Osagean or 346.70000 to 343.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Tennessee) G. bordeni, G. veryi (165203) G. veryi (165239)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Kentucky) G. bordeni (6200) G. symmetros, G. veryi (6205) G. veryi (6203 165204)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) G. trantscholdi (5869)