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Amaltheocrinus

Crinoidea - Millericrinida

Taxonomy
Amaltheocrinus was named by Klikushin (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine-u J Toar-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Apiocrinites amalthei.

It was assigned to Cyclocrinidae by Jäger (1985); and to Millericrinida by Sepkoski (2002) and Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Amaltheocrinus Klikushin p. 79
1985Amaltheocrinus Jäger p. 78
2002Amaltheocrinus Sepkoski
2011Amaltheocrinus Hess and Messing p. 169

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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)
—Eucladida
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderMillericrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
genusAmaltheocrinusKlikushin 1984

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. †Amaltheocrinus Klikushin 1984
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†Amaltheocrinus amalthei Quenstedt 1852
†Amaltheocrinus hausmanni Roemer 1836
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Invalid names: Plicatocrinus liasinus Quenstedt 1852 [synonym]
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 17:12:34
Modified: 2004-02-28 19:12:34
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Jamesoni or 199.30000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Luxembourg A. sp. (32014)
Davoei189.6 - 183.0Germany A. hausmanni (162031)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Germany A. hausmanni (41115 162030 162032)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Germany A. hausmanni (162029)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany A. sp. (228498)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Aalenian189.6 - 171.6France A. amalthei (197653)