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Lecanocrinus

Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Lecanocrinidae

Taxonomy
Lecanocrinus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Lecanocrinidae, Lecanocrinacea.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Lecanocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. 777
2002Lecanocrinus 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
familyLecanocrinidaeSpringer 1913
genusLecanocrinus

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: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Stem lengths of 15 cm according to Brett (1984), therefore intermediate level epifaunal.g
Created: 2009-10-09 11:54:40
Modified: 2009-10-09 18:54:40
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Lochkovian or 438.60000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (New York) L. sp. (463)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7USA (New York) L. macropetalus (26801)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) L. sp. (528)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6USA (Iowa) L. sp. (26769)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6USA (Indiana) L. sp. (26798 26803)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (Wisconsin) L. waukoma (13069 13075)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (Indiana) L. sp. (26805)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (New York) L. macropetalus (82502)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (New York) L. macropetalus (13050 13051 13052 13053 81906 82501) L. pusillus (13338) L. sp. (541)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Wisconsin) L. waucoma (13353)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Tennessee) L. pusilla (26802) L. pusillus (26788)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Indiana) L. elongatus (26771) L. pusillus (25876 26778 26787 26789 26792 26794) L. sp. (26700)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Iowa) L. sp. (26716)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Wisconsin) L. sp. (26701 26707)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Illinois) L. sp. (26703 26770 26816)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Tennessee) L. pusillus (26817)
Wenlock - Silurian432.9 - 419.62USA (Wisconsin) L. waukoma (13104 13107)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Oklahoma) L. erectus (26823)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (Tennessee) L. spp. (26772)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02USA (Oklahoma) L. sp. (26826)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation L. sp. (193031)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Tennessee) L. sp. (26786)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia L. facietatus (94439 94441 94444)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (New York) L. magnaradialis (26851)