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Cupulocrinus humilis

Crinoidea - Cupulocrinidae

Taxonomy
Dendrocrinus humilis was named by Billings (1857). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Cupulocrinus humilis by Springer (1911).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Dendrocrinus humilis Billings
1911Cupulocrinus humilis Springer

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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)
superorderFlexibilia(Zittel 1895)
familyCupulocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
genusCupulocrinusd'Orbigny 1849
specieshumilis(Billings 1857)

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.

†Cupulocrinus humilis Billings 1857
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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: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-09 11:52:01
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:52:01
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Chatfieldian or 452.80000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Cupulocrinus humilis (23465)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Cupulocrinus humilis (23402)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Cupulocrinus humilis (23470)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa, Illinois) Cupulocrinus humilis (23469)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Cupulocrinus humilis (23403)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Cupulocrinus humilis (26263)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) Cupulocrinus humilis (192275 192276 200139) Dendrocrinus humilis (180117)