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Phacelocrinus longidactylus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae

Taxonomy
Scaphiocrinus longidactylus was named by McChesney (1860).

It was recombined as Phacelocrinus longidactylus by Kirk (1940).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Scaphiocrinus longidactylus McChesney p. 7
1865Scaphiocrinus longidactylus McChesney figs. Palte 4, fig. 4
1868Scaphiocrinus longidactylus McChesney p. 4 figs. Plate 4, fig. 4
1940Phacelocrinus longidactylus Kirk p. 330

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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
genusPhacelocrinus
specieslongidactylus(McChesney 1860)

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.

†Phacelocrinus longidactylus McChesney 1860
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Pendleian or 330.30000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Indiana) Phacelocrinus longidactylus (6963)