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Comatulidae (crinoid)
Taxonomy
Comatuladae was named by Fleming (1828). It is extant. Its type is Comatula.
It was synonymized subjectively with Comasteridae by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Hess and Messing (2011); it was corrected as Comatulidae by d'Orbigny (1852), Summers et al. (2014), Souza-Lima and deCastro Manso (2017).
It was assigned to Comatulida by d'Orbigny (1852), Summers et al. (2014), Souza-Lima and deCastro Manso (2017).
It was synonymized subjectively with Comasteridae by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Hess and Messing (2011); it was corrected as Comatulidae by d'Orbigny (1852), Summers et al. (2014), Souza-Lima and deCastro Manso (2017).
It was assigned to Comatulida by d'Orbigny (1852), Summers et al. (2014), Souza-Lima and deCastro Manso (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1852 | Comatulidae d'Orbigny p. 138 |
| 1899 | Actinometridae Bather p. 923 |
| 1908 | Comasteridae Clark |
| 2009 | Comasteridae Eagle |
| 2011 | Comasteridae Hess and Messing p. 86 |
| 2014 | Comatulidae Summers et al. p. 319 |
| 2017 | Comatulidae Souza-Lima and deCastro Manso |
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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. Comatulidae d'Orbigny 1852 [crinoid]
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Subfm. Comatellinae Summers et al. 2014
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Subfm. Comatulinae Fleming 1828
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Tr. Comasterini Clark 1908
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G. Anneissia Summers et al. 2014
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Anneissia bennetti Mueller 1841
Anneissia grandicalyx Carpenter 1882
Anneissia intermedia Clark 1916
Anneissia japonica Mueller 1841
Anneissia muelleri Rowe et al. 1986
Anneissia pinguis Clark 1909
Anneissia plectrophorum Clark 1916
Anneissia solaster Clark 1907
G. Cenolia Clark 1916
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Cenolia spanoschistum Clark 1916
Cenolia trichoptera Mueller 1846
Invalid names: Comanthoides Clark 1931 [synonym]
G. Clarkcomanthus Rowe et al. 1986
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Clarkcomanthus albinotus Rowe et al. 1986
Clarkcomanthus alternans Carpenter 1881
Clarkcomanthus exilis Rowe et al. 1986
Clarkcomanthus littoralis Carpenter 1888
Clarkcomanthus luteofuscum Clark 1915
Clarkcomanthus mirabilis Rose et al. 1986
Clarkcomanthus mirus Rowe et al. 1986
Clarkcomanthus parvicirra Gislen 1922
Clarkcomanthus perplexum Clark 1916
G. Comanthus Clark 1908
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Subg. Comanthus (Comantheria) Clark 1909
Subg. Comanthus (Vania) Gislen 1922
Comanthus briareus Bell 1882
Comanthus delicata Clark 1909
Comanthus gisleni Rowe et al. 1986
Comanthus imbricata Rowe et al. 1986
Comanthus intricata Clark 1908
Comanthus kumi Fujita and Obuchi 2012
Comanthus multiradiata Goldfuss 1891
Comanthus novaezealandiae Clark 1931
Comanthus parvicirrus Mueller 1841
Comanthus suavia Rowe et al. 1986
Comanthus taviana Clark 1911
Comanthus wahlburgii Mueller 1843
Comanthus weberi Clark 1912
Invalid names: Bennettia Clark 1909 [synonym], Goldfussia Norman 1891 [synonym]
Tr. Comatulini Fleming 1828
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G. Comatula Lamarck 1806
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Subg. Comatula (Ophiocrinus) Semper 1868
†Comatula imperialis Mueller 1841
Comatula indica Smith 1876
Comatula jacquinoti Mueller 1846
Comatula solaris Lamarck 1816
†Comatula tenella Goldfuss 1831
Invalid names: Actinometra Carpenter 1881 [synonym]
Tr. Phanogeniini White and Messing 2001
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G. Comissia Clark 1909
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Comissia luetkeni Clark 1909
Invalid names: Leptonemaster Clark 1909 [synonym]
G. †Sievertsella Radwańska 2003
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†Sievertsella polonica Radwańska 1987
Sievertsella seranensis Sieverts 1933
Invalid names: Sievertsia Radwanska 1987 [replaced]
Invalid names: Actinometridae Bather 1899 [synonym], Comasteridae Clark 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Waitakian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 25.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chattian | New Zealand (South Otago) | Actinometra sp. (45653) | |
| Waitakian | New Zealand (South Island) | Comaster meyerensis (204563 216914 216915) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Para) | Sievertsella polonica (112579) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Bahamas | Davidaster sp. (90776) |