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Porocrinus conicus

Crinoidea - Porocrinida

Taxonomy
Porocrinus conicus was named by Billings (1857). It is not extant. It is the type species of Porocrinus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Porocrinus conicus Billings

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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)
superorderPorocrinoidea
orderPorocrinida
genusPorocrinusBillings 1857
speciesconicusBillings 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.

Porocrinus conicus 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 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Shermanian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) Porocrinus conicus (195625)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Porocrinus conicus (26272)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) Porocrinus conicus (180117 192275)