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Histocrinus graphicus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae

Taxonomy
Scaphiocrinus graphicus was named by Miller and Gurley (1890).

It was recombined as Histocrinus graphicus by Kirk (1940).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Scaphiocrinus graphicus Miller and Gurley p. 50 figs. Plate 10, fig. 4
1940Histocrinus graphicus 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
speciesgraphicus(Miller and Gurley 1890)

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 graphicus Miller and Gurley 1890
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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: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Chadian or 346.70000 to 339.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Histocrinus graphicus (2059)