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Conometridae

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Conometridae

Taxonomy
Conometridae was named by Gislén (1924). Its type is Conometra.

It was assigned to Notocrinacea by Baumiller and Gazdzicki (1996); to Comatulidia by Eagle (2007); to Tropiometracea by Rasmussen (1978) and Eagle (2009); and to Tropiometroidea by Hess and Messing (2011) and Baumiller and Fordyce (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Conometridae Gislén
1978Conometridae Rasmussen
1996Conometridae Baumiller and Gazdzicki p. 112
2007Conometridae Eagle p. 94
2009Conometridae Eagle
2011Conometridae Hess and Messing p. 115
2018Conometridae Baumiller and Fordyce p. 874

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyTropiometroidea(Clark 1908)
familyConometridaeGislén 1924
familyConometridaeGislén 1924

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. †Conometridae Gislén 1924
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G. †Amphorometra Gislén 1924
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Amphorometra bellilensis Valette 1935
Amphorometra bruennichi Rosenkrantz 1945
Amphorometra brydonei Gislen 1924
Amphorometra conoidea Goldfuss 1839
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Invalid names: Amphorometra alta Gislen 1925 [synonym]
Amphorometra parva Gislen 1925
Amphorometra pyropa Zahalka 1892
Amphorometra rugiana Gislen 1924
G. †Bruennichometra Rasmussen 1961
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Bruennichometra danica Nielsen 1913
Bruennichometra granulata Nielsen 1913
G. †Conometra Gislen 1924
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Conometra alticeps Philippi 1844
G. †Cypelometra Gislen 1924
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Cypelometra iheringi de Loriol 1902
G. †Moanametra Eagle 2001
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G. †Rautangaroa Baumiller and Fordyce 2018
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Rautangaroa aotearoa Eagle 2007
G. †Vicetiametra Malarodo 1950
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Vicetiametra albertinii Malaroda 1950
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:07:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:29:07
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Waitakian or 83.50000 to 21.70000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) Amphorometra conoidea (32147)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Amphorometra conoidea, Amphorometra rugiana (32022)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Amphorometra conoidea (32167 32168)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Amphorometra conoidea (32157)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands Amphorometra conoidea (32160)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Amphorometra ornata (76601)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Cypelometra aotearoa, Amphorometra waitakiana (216915) Cypelometra aotearoa, Amphorometra waitakiana, Vicetiametra otiakeensis (204563) Cypelometra aotearoa, Vicetiametra otiakeensis (216914 216919)