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

Atopocrinidae

Crinoidea - Homocrinida - Atopocrinidae

Taxonomy
Atopocrinidae was named by Warn and Strimple (1977) [Family based on disparid crinoid Atopocrinus Lane 1970, both homonyms for the comatulid crinoid genus and family Atopocrinidae Messing 2011.]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Homocrinida by Ausich (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Atopocrinidae Warn and Strimple
1998Atopocrinidae Ausich p. 26

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

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Disparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderHomocrinida
familyAtopocrinidaeWarn and Strimple 1977
familyAtopocrinidaeWarn and Strimple 1977

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. †Atopocrinidae Warn and Strimple 1977
show all | hide all
G. †Othneiocrinus Lane 1978
hide
Othneiocrinus priscus Lane 1970
Invalid names: Atopocrinus Lane 1970 [replaced]
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: 2004-02-28 16:34:13
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:33:22
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Dapingian or 471.30000 to 469.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4USA (Utah) Atopocrinus priscus (104210)