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Nipterocrinidae

Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Nipterocrinidae

Taxonomy
Nipterocrinidae was named by Jaekel (1918). It is not extant. Its type is Nipterocrinus.

It was assigned to Lecanocrinacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Ausich and Copper (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Nipterocrinidae Jaekel
1978Nipterocrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T779
2010Nipterocrinidae Ausich and Copper p. 59

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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)
orderSagenocrinidaSpringer 1913
superfamilyLecanocrinacea
familyNipterocrinidaeJaekel 1918
familyNipterocrinidaeJaekel 1918

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. †Nipterocrinidae Jaekel 1918
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†Hormocrinus anglicus Springer 1920
†Hormocrinus quebecensis Ausich and Copper 2010
†Hormocrinus tennesseensis Worthen 1890
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:17:44
Modified: 2004-02-28 19:17:44
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Niagaran to the top of the Osagean or 439.40000 to 342.90000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Canada (Quebec) Hormocrinus quebecensis (202387)
Niagaran439.4 - 422.7USA (Indiana) Pycnosaccus sp. (22818)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Indiana) Pycnosaccus laurelensis (26771)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Illinois) Pycnosaccus sp. (26816)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Czechia Pycnosaccus sp. (14102)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia Pycnosaccus sp. (14104)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (West Virginia) Pycnosaccus sp. (26825)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Canada (Alberta) Nipterocrinus wachsmuthi (8610)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Iowa) Nipterocrinus arboreus (230511)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Kentucky) Nipterocrinus monroensis (6200 6206)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) Nipterocrinus monroensis (2455)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Tennessee) Nipterocrinus monroensis (165203)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Nipterocrinus monroensis (2202 2208)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Nipterocrinus sp. (557 558)