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Cheirocystis anatiformis

Rhombifera - Cheirocrinidae

Taxonomy
Echinoencrinites anatiformis was named by Hall (1847). It is the type species of Cheirocystis.

It was recombined as Cheirocrinus anatiformis by Clark (1919); it was recombined as Cheirocystis anatiformis by Paul (1972) and Liu et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Echinoencrinites anatiformis Hall p. 89 figs. pl. 29, figs. 4a-f
1919Cheirocrinus anatiformis Clark p. 10 figs. pl. 1, fig. 17
1972Cheirocystis anatiformis Paul p. 36
2024Cheirocystis anatiformis Liu et al. p. 1508

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
orderRhombiferaZittel 1879
superfamilyGlyptocystitoida(Bather 1899)
familyCheirocrinidaeJaekel 1899
genusCheirocystis
speciesanatiformis(Hall 1847)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:36:13
Modified: 2010-02-15 06:45:28
Source: o = order, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Chatfieldian or 453.80000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (New York) Cheirocrinus anatiformis (104604 104607 104619)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) Cheirocrinus anatiformis (432)