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Aethocrinidae

Crinoidea - Aethocrinidae

Taxonomy
Aethocrinidae was named by Ubaghs (1969). It is not extant. Its type is Aethocrinus.

It was assigned to Mastigocrinacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978); to Aethocrinida by Ausich (1998), Ausich (1998); and to Cladida by Wright (2017).

Subtaxa
Aethocrinus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Aethocrinidae Ubaghs
1978Aethocrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T618
1998Aethocrinidae Ausich p. 19
2017Aethocrinidae Wright

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
familyAethocrinidaeUbaghs 1969
familyAethocrinidaeUbaghs 1969

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.

Fm. †Aethocrinidae Ubaghs 1969
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G. †Aethocrinus Ubaghs 1969
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Aethocrinus moorei Ubaghs 1969
Aethocrinus murchisoni Donovan 1986
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: Tremadoc or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1France (Montagne Noire) Aethocrinus moorei (20819 201717 201721)