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Tetracrinidae

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Tetracrinidae

Taxonomy
Tetracrinidae was named by Jaeger (1995). Its type is Tetracrinus.

It was assigned to Plicatocrinoidea by Hess and Messing (2011) and Hess (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Tetracrinidae Jaeger
2011Tetracrinidae Hess and Messing p. 194
2012Tetracrinidae Hess p. 241

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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)
orderCyrtocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
suborderCyrtocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
superfamilyPlicatocrinoideaZittel 1879
familyTetracrinidaeJaeger 1995
familyTetracrinidaeJaeger 1995

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. †Tetracrinidae Jaeger 1995
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G. †Arzocrinus Hess 2006
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G. †Bilecicrinus Manni and Nicosia 1990
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†Bilecicrinus anatolicus Manni and Nicosia 1990
G. †Praetetracrinus Jäger 1995
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†Praetetracrinus doreckae Jäger 1995
G. †Tetracrinus Muenster 1839
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†Tetracrinus jagti Salamon et al. 2007
†Tetracrinus moniliformis Muenster 1826
†Tetracrinus solidus Hess and Thuy 2017
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 16:27:36
Modified: 2004-02-28 18:27:36
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 180.10000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Aalenian189.6 - 171.6France Praetetracrinus inornatus, Tetracrinus solidus (197653)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6Germany Praetetracrinus kutscheri (139788)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Germany Praetetracrinus inornatus, Praetetracrinus kutscheri (139789)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Germany (Thüringen) Praetetracrinus inornatus, Praetetracrinus kutscheri (31988)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Germany Praetetracrinus kutscheri (139790)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Germany (Bayern) Praetetracrinus inornatus, Praetetracrinus kutscheri (31989)
Middle Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Germany Praetetracrinus doreckae (139787) Praetetracrinus doreckae, Praetetracrinus kutscheri (139786)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Praetetracrinus bathonicus (225715)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Tetracrinus moniliformis (163585)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Poland (Lesser Poland) Tetracrinus jagti (213863)