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Mollocrinoidea

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida

Taxonomy
Mollocrinoidea was named by Wanner (1916).

It was assigned to Dendrocrinida by Webster and Webster (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Mollocrinoidea Wanner
2012Mollocrinoidea Webster and Webster p. 1527

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyMollocrinoideaWanner 1916
superfamilyMollocrinoideaWanner 1916

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.

Superfm. †Mollocrinoidea Wanner 1916
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Fm. †Mollocrinidae Wanner 1916
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G. †Hemimollocrinus Yakovlev 1930
G. †Mollocrinus Wanner 1916
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†Mollocrinus ornatissimus Wanner 1916
†Mollocrinus poculum Wanner 1916
G. †Strongylocrinus Wanner 1916
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†Strongylocrinus hansoni Moore and Strimple 1973
†Strongylocrinus ornatus Moore and Strimple 1973
Invalid names: Mollocrinacea Wanner 1916 [objective 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Artinskian or 323.40000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) Strongylocrinus hansoni (128916 128917) Strongylocrinus ornatus (128687)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Indonesia (Timor) Mollocrinus poculum (223629)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Indonesia Mollocrinus ornatissimus, Mollocrinus paucituberculatus, Mollocrinus poculum, Strongylocrinus molengraaffi (118268)