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Anthracocrinus primitivus

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Anthracocrinidae

Taxonomy
Anthracocrinus primitivus was named by Strimple and Watkins (1955). It is not extant. Its type locality is East bank of Culley Creek, Criner Hills, which is in an Ordovician offshore ramp lime mudstone/shale in the Bromide Formation of Oklahoma. It is the type species of Anthracocrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Anthracocrinus primitivus Strimple and Watkins p. 349 figs. 1a-c, 2a, 4-6

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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
genusAnthracocrinus
speciesprimitivus

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.

Anthracocrinus primitivus Strimple and Watkins 1955
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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: 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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Blackriveran or 470.00000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Oklahoma) Anthracocrinus primitivus (type locality: 179624 201757)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) Anthracocrinus primitivus (24097 195568)