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Histocrinus grandis

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae

Taxonomy
Poteriocrinus grandis was named by Wachsmuth and Springer (1880). It is the type species of Histocrinus.

It was recombined as Decadocrinus grandis by Wachsmuth and Springer (1897); it was recombined as Histocrinus grandis by Kirk (1940).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Poteriocrinus grandis Wachsmuth and Springer p. 118
1897Decadocrinus grandis Wachsmuth and Springer figs. Plate 7, Figs. 4, 5
1940Histocrinus grandis Kirk p. 328

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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
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyScytalocrinacea
familyScytalocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
genusHistocrinus
speciesgrandis(Wachsmuth and Springer 1880)

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.

Histocrinus grandis Wachsmuth and Springer 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-09 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Osagean or 351.90000 to 342.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) Histocrinus grandis (180968)