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Uintacrinoidea

Crinoidea - Comatulida

Taxonomy
Uintacrinoidea was named by Zittel (1879). Its type is Uintacrinus.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Uintacrinoidea Zittel p. 96
2011Uintacrinoidea Hess and Messing p. 96

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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
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyUintacrinoideaZittel 1879
superfamilyUintacrinoideaZittel 1879

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.

Superfm. †Uintacrinoidea Zittel 1879
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Fm. †Marsupitidae d'Orbigny 1852
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G. †Marsupites Mantell 1821
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†Marsupites lamberti Besairie 1936
†Marsupites testudinarius Schlotheim 1820
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Invalid names: Marsupites americanus Springer 1911 [synonym], Marsupites laevigatus Forbes 1850 [synonym], Marsupites mantelli Bronn 1848 [synonym], Marsupites milleri Mantell 1822 [synonym], Marsupites ornatus Miller 1821 [synonym], Sitularia triangulariformis Cumberland 1826 [synonym]
Invalid names: Marsupiocrinites de Blainville 1830 [synonym], Sitularia Cumberland 1826 [synonym]
Fm. †Uintacrinidae Zittel 1879
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G. †Uintacrinus Grinnell 1876
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†Uintacrinus anglicus Rasmussen 1961
†Uintacrinus socialis Grinnell 1876
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Invalid names: Uintacrinus westfalicus Schlüter 1878 [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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Santonian to the top of the Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) Uintacrinus socialis (87433)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Uintacrinus socialis (85278)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Jamaica Uintacrinus socialis (99827)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (British Columbia) Marsupites lamberti (210550) Marsupites sp. (210551 210553 210558 210559 210560) Marsupites sp., Marsupites testudinarius (210544 210554) Marsupites testudinarius (134731 210545 210546 210547 210549 210552 210555 210556 210557 210561)
Middle Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France Uintacrinus sp. (59652)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Mississippi) Marsupites americanus (107505)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Poland Marsupites testudinarius (183399 183401)