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Ascidicrinus

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Sclerocrinidae

Taxonomy
Ascidicrinus was named by Hess et al. (2011). Its type is Ascidicrinus armatus.

It was assigned to Sclerocrinidae by Hess and Messing (2011), Delemar and Zamora (2024).

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by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2022-05-31; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2022-06-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Ascidicrinus Hess and Messing p. 188
2011Ascidicrinus Hess et al. p. 124
2024Ascidicrinus Delemar and Zamora p. 1076

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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)
orderCyrtocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
suborderCyrtocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
superfamilyEugeniacrinitoidea(Roemer 1855)
familySclerocrinidaeJaekel 1918
genusAscidicrinusHess et al. 2011

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. †Ascidicrinus Hess et al. 2011
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Ascidicrinus armatus Hess et al. 2011
Ascidicrinus pentagonus Jaekel 1891
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Invalid names: Gammarocrinites bakonicus Manni et al. 1992 [synonym]
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 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Spain (Zaragoza) A. pentagonus (241008)