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Saccocoma

Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Saccocomidae

Taxonomy

Saccocoma was named by Agassiz (1836) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo K Vala]. It is not extant. Its type is Comatula tenella.

It was assigned to Roveacrinida by Sepkoski (2002); to Saccocomidae by Kroh and Lukeneder (2009); and to Saccocominae by Rasmussen (1961) and Hess and Messing (2011).

Species

S. alpina, S. bajeri (syn. Hasseltides primigenius), S. longipinna, S. quenstedti, S. tenella (syn. Comatula pectinata, Comatula filiformis), S. vernioryi

Synonyms

Saccoma was named by Jaekel (1918). Its type is Comatula tenella.

It was reranked as Saccocoma (Saccoma) by Rasmussen (1961); it was synonymized subjectively with Saccocoma by Hess and Messing (2011).

It was assigned to Saccocoma by Rasmussen (1961).
Eothrix was named by Lombard (1945).

It was synonymized subjectively with Saccocoma by Hess and Messing (2011).
Lombardia was named by Bronnimann (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-u].

It was synonymized subjectively with Saccocoma by Rasmussen (1961) and Hess and Messing (2011).

It was assigned to Problematica by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1836	Saccocoma Agassiz
1918	Saccoma Jaekel
1945	Eothrix Lombard p. 163
1955	Lombardia Bronnimann p. 55
1961	Saccocoma Rasmussen p. 390
1961	Saccocoma (Saccoma) Rasmussen p. 390
2002	Lombardia Sepkoski
2002	Saccocoma Sepkoski
2009	Saccocoma Kroh and Lukeneder
2011	Saccocoma Hess and Messing p. 211

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Blastozoa
class	Crinoidea	Miller 1821
subclass	Pentacrinoidea	Jaekel 1918

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Inadunata	(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—	Cladida	(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—	Eucladida
infraorder	Articulata	(Miller 1821)
order	Roveacrinida	Sieverts-Doreck
family	Saccocomidae	d'Orbigny 1852
subfamily	Saccocominae	d'Orbigny 1852
genus	Saccocoma	Agassiz 1836

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.

G. †Saccocoma Agassiz 1836

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†Saccocoma alpina Lombard 1945

†Saccocoma bajeri Koenig 1825

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Invalid names: Hasseltides primigenius Weyenbergh 1869 [synonym]

†Saccocoma longipinna Hess 2002

†Saccocoma quenstedti Sieverts-Doreck and Hess 2002

†Saccocoma tenella Goldfuss 1831

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Invalid names: Comatula filiformis Goldfuss 1831 [synonym], Comatula pectinata Goldfuss 1831 [synonym]

†Saccocoma vernioryi Manni and Nicosia 1984

Invalid names: Eothrix Lombard 1945 [synonym], Lombardia Bronnimann 1955 [synonym], Saccoma Jaekel 1918 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

high Mg calcitec

Ontogeny:

accretion, addition of partsp

Environment:

marinep

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesf

Life habit:

upper-level epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Dispersal:

waterp

Dispersal 2:

planktonicp

Created:

2014-09-12 15:04:11

Modified:

2014-09-12 15:04:11

Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum

References: Donovan 1994, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 252.17000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (56 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Induan - Olenekian	252.17 - 247.2	Norway (Svalbard)	S. quenstedti (181724)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	163.5 - 150.8	Bulgaria	S. sp. (151490)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	163.5 - 150.8	Poland	S. sp. (215248)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	161.2 - 150.8	Poland	S. sp. (215246)
Kimmeridgian	157.3 - 152.1	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	S. quenstedti (225669)
Kimmeridgian	157.3 - 152.1	Algeria	S. alpina (45064 45066 45073)
Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Tithonian	157.3 - 145.0	Ukraine (Transcarpathian)	S. sp. (197189)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Germany (Swabia)	S. quenstedti (186313 186316 186317 186319 186321 186322 186323 186325)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Germany (Swabia)	S. quenstedti (186327 186328 186329)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	S. tenella (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	155.7 - 150.8	Germany (Bayern)	S. sp. (57682) S. tenella (59175)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian	155.7 - 145.0	Bulgaria	S. sp. (151486 151492 151493)
Tithonian	152.1 - 145.0	Poland	S. tenella, S. vernioryi (211796)
Tithonian	152.1 - 145.0	Austria	S. tenella (151441)
Tithonian	152.1 - 145.0	Slovakia	S. sp. (229112)
Tithonian	152.1 - 145.0	Algeria	S. alpina (45075 45076 45077 45078 45079 45081)
Early/Lower Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	Germany (Bavaria)	S. tenella (58604 58605)
Early/Lower Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	Germany (Swabia)	S. tenella (186331)
Early/Lower Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	Germany (Bayern)	Hasseltides primigenius (123906)
Early/Lower Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	Cuba	S. sp. (57203)
Early/Lower Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	France (Var)	S. tenella (58575)
Early/Lower Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)	S. tenella (35262)
Early/Lower Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	France (Midi-Pyrenees)	S. sp. (94549)
Middle Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	Austria	S. sp. (58300 58301)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	Czech Republic	S. sp. (31283)
Early/Lower Berriasian	145.0 - 140.2	Czech Republic	S. sp. (202901 202907 202909)
Berriasian - Valanginian	145.0 - 132.9	Bulgaria	S. sp. (151496)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 122.46	Croatia	S. sp. (64000)
Early/Lower Albian	112.03 - 109.0	Madagascar (Mahajanga)	S. sp. (60071)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Tunisia	S. sp. (161121 161122)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Tunisia	S. sp. (161124 161152)