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Thaumatocrinus

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Pentametrocrinidae

Taxonomy
Thaumatocrinus was named by Carpenter (1883). It is extant. Its type is Thaumatocrinus renovatus.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Thaumatocrinus Carpenter p. 143
1905Decametrocrinus Minckert p. 494
2011Thaumatocrinus Hess and Messing p. 145

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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
superfamilyAntedonoidea(Norman 1865)
familyPentametrocrinidaeClark 1908
genusThaumatocrinusCarpenter 1883

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. Thaumatocrinus Carpenter 1883
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Thaumatocrinus renovatus Carpenter 1883
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Invalid names: Promachocrinus abyssorum Carpenter 1888 [synonym]
Invalid names: Decametrocrinus Minckert 1905 [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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available