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Heliometrinae

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Antedonidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Heliometrinae Clark
2007Heliometrinae Eagle p. 97
2011Heliometrinae Hess and Messing p. 134

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
RankNameAuthor
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—Eucladida
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyAntedonoidea(Norman 1865)
familyAntedonidaeNorman 1865
subfamilyHeliometrinaeClark 1909
subfamilyHeliometrinaeClark 1909

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.

Subfm. Heliometrinae Clark 1909
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G. †Allionia Michelotti 1861
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†Allionia oblita Michelotti 1861
G. Anthometrina Eleaume et al.
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†Anthometrina adriani Bell 1908
Invalid names: Anthometra Clark 1915 [replaced]
G. †Comatonia Clark 1916
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Comatonia cristata Hartlaub 1912
G. Florometra Clark 1915
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G. Heliometra Clark 1907
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Invalid names: Alecto eschrichtii Mueller 1841 [synonym], Antedon arctica Clark 1907 [synonym], Antedon bartensi Carpenter 1886 [synonym], Antedon quadrata Carpenter 1884 [synonym], Heliometra juvenalis Clark 1908 [synonym]
G. †Hertha Hagenow 1840
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†Hertha mystica von Hagnow 1840
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Invalid names: Antedon cava Nielsen 1913 [synonym], Hertha suecica Gislen 1924 [synonym]
†Hertha otakauica Eagle 2007
†Hertha plana Nielsen 1913
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Invalid names: Semiometra minuta Gislen 1925 [synonym], Semiometra pommerania Gislen 1924 [synonym]
†Hertha pygmea Gislen 1924
G. Promachocrinus Carpenter 1879
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Invalid names: Promachocrinus joubini Vaney 1910 [synonym], Promachocrinus vanhoeffenianus Minckert 1905 [synonym]
G. †Roiometra Clark 1944
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†Roiometra columbiana Clark 1944
G. Solanometra Clark 1911
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Solanometra antarctica Carpenter 1881
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Invalid names: Antedon australis Carpenter 1888 [synonym], Heliometra glabra Clark 1907 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Waitakian or 112.03000 to 21.70000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 109.0 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) Semiometra minuta (37835)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) Hertha pygmaea (32147)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Hertha pygmaea (32158) Hertha sp. (32148)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Hertha mystica, Hertha plana, Semiometra pommerania, Hertha pygmea (32022)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Hertha pygmaea (32156)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Hertha otakauica (204563 216914 216915 216919)