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Apsidocrinus

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Phyllocrinidae

Taxonomy
Apsidocrinus was named by Jaekel (1907) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith K Nc.] [In his Genus Compendium, Sepkoski mis-spelled as "Aspidocrinus" instead of correct Apsidocrinus Jaekel 1907 (p. 304). Aspidocrinus Hall 1858 is a form taxon for a Devonian crinoid holdfast.]. Its type is Aspidocrinus scutelliformis.

It was assigned to Cyrtocrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phyllocrinidae by Pisera and Dzik (1979), Hess and Messing (2011).

Species
A. cyclamen, A. moeschi, A. remesi (type species)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Apsidocrinus Jaekel p. 304
1912Pyramidocrinus Remes p. 162
1979Apsidocrinus Pisera and Dzik p. 822
2002Aspidocrinus Sepkoski
2011Apsidocrinus Hess and Messing p. 185

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderCyrtocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
suborderCyrtocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
superfamilyEugeniacrinitoidea(Roemer 1855)
familyPhyllocrinidaeJaekel 1907
genusApsidocrinusJaekel 1907

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. †Apsidocrinus Jaekel 1907
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Apsidocrinus cyclamen Remes 1902
Apsidocrinus moeschi Zittel 1879
Apsidocrinus remesi Jaekel 1907
Invalid names: Pyramidocrinus Remes 1912 [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 16:27:36
Modified: 2004-02-28 18:27:36
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 149.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian - Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland (Silesian Voivodeship) A. moeschi (239383)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Madagascar (Mahajanga) A. sp. (60071)