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

Hercocrinus ornatus

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Anthracocrinidae

Taxonomy
Hercocrinus ornatus was named by Hudson (1907). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Valcour Island, Lake Champlian, which is in a Sandbian marine limestone in New York.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Hercocrinus ornatus Hudson

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

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderDiplobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
superfamilyRhodocrinitoideaRoemer 1855
familyAnthracocrinidaeStrimple and Watkins 1955
genusHercocrinusHudson 1907
speciesornatus

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.

†Hercocrinus ornatus Hudson 1907
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:32:25
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:32:43
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sandbian or 458.40000 to 453.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0USA (New York) Hercocrinus ornatus (type locality: 179816)