Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Comatulina

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Solanocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Comatulina was named by Orbigny (1852) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo K Coni]. It is not extant. Its type is Comatulina costata.

It was reranked as Solanocrinites (Comatulina) by Rasmussen (1961).

It was assigned to Solanocrinites by Rasmussen (1961); to Comatulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Solanocrinitidae by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Comatulina Orbigny
1961Solanocrinites (Comatulina) Rasmussen p. 252
2002Comatulina Sepkoski
2011Comatulina Hess and Messing p. 77

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilySolanocrinitoideaJaekel 1918
familySolanocrinitidaeJaekel 1918
genusComatulinaOrbigny 1852

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. †Comatulina Orbigny 1852
show all | hide all
†Comatulina batalleri Astre 1925
†Comatulina costata Goldfuss 1829
hide
Invalid names: Glenotremites infracretaceus Ooster 1871 [synonym]
†Solanocrinites (Comatulina) janenschi Sieverts-Doreck 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:07:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:29:07
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) C. moosleitneri (75576)