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Trimerocrinidae

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Trimerocrinidae

Taxonomy
Trimerocrinidae was named by Moore and Laudon (1943).

It was assigned to Agassizocrinacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Agassizocrinoidea by Webster and Webster (2012).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Trimerocrinidae Moore and Laudon
1978Trimerocrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T685
2012Trimerocrinidae Webster and Webster

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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
superfamilyAgassizocrinoidea(Miller 1888)
familyTrimerocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
familyTrimerocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943

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. †Trimerocrinidae Moore and Laudon 1943
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G. †Trimerocrinus Wanner 1916
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Trimerocrinus pumilus Wanner 1916
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Invalid names: Trimerocrinus ventricosus Wanner 1916 [synonym]
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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Indonesia Trimerocrinus pentagonus, Trimerocrinus pumilus, Trimerocrinus ventricosus (118268)