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Bursacrinidae

Crinoidea - Poteriocrinina - Bursacrinidae

Taxonomy
Bursacrinidae was named by Kirk (1947). Its type is Bursacrinus.

It was assigned to Agassizocrinacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Bursacrinidae Kirk
1978Bursacrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T673

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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
orderPoteriocrinina(Jaekel 1918)
superfamilyAgassizocrinaceaMiller 1888
familyBursacrinidaeKirk 1947
familyBursacrinidaeKirk 1947

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. †Bursacrinidae Kirk 1947
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G. †Bursacrinus Meek and Worthen 1861
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, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Chadian or 358.90000 to 340.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Iowa) Nactocrinus sp. (73274)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) Lebetocrinus grandis (2059)