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Amphoracrinidae

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Amphoracrinidae

Taxonomy
Amphoracrinidae was named by Bather (1899).

It was assigned to Periechocrinacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Webster and Lane (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Amphoracrinidae Bather
1978Amphoracrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T452
1987Amphoracrinidae Webster and Lane p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderCompsocrininaUbaghs 1978
superfamilyPeriechocrinacea(Bronn 1848)
familyAmphoracrinidaeBather 1899
familyAmphoracrinidaeBather 1899

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. †Amphoracrinidae Bather 1899
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G. †Amphoracrinus Austin 1848
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†Amphoracrinus cheni Webster et al. 2009
†Amphoracrinus rupinus Webster and Lane 1987
G. †Ectocrinus Wright 1955
G. †Pimlicocrinus Wright 1955
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:13:32
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:32:16
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Arundian to the top of the Osagean or 346.70000 to 342.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) Amphoracrinus sp. (2455)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (New Mexico) Amphoracrinus rupinus (235910 235911 235912)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 339.9Ireland Amphoracrinus gilbertsoni (76517)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom Amphoracrinus gilbertsoni, Amphoracrinus atlas, Amphoracrinus bollandensis, Amphoracrinus turgidus, Amphoracrinus compressus (90820)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Amphoracrinus sp. (2251 2252 2442 2448)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) Amphoracrinus sp. (5868)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Amphoracrinus sp. (558)