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Elegantocrinus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae

Taxonomy
Elegantocrinus was named by Ausich and Kammer (2009). It is not extant. Its type is Elegantocrinus hemisphaericus.

It was assigned to Platycrinitidae by Ausich and Kammer (2009).

Species
E. annosus, E. hemisphaericus (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Elegantocrinus Ausich and Kammer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderGlyptocrininaMoore 1952
superfamilyPlatycrinitaceaAustin and Austin 1843
familyPlatycrinitidaeBassler 1938
genusElegantocrinus

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.

G. †Elegantocrinus Ausich and Kammer 2009
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Elegantocrinus annosus Ausich and Kammer 2009
Elegantocrinus hemisphaericus Ausich and Kammer 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:13:32
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:32:16
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Osagean or 352.00000 to 343.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (New Mexico) E. canaliculatus, E. pocilliformis (235905 235911) E. nodostriatus, E. pileiformis, E. sp. A (235903) E. pileiformis (235917) E. pileiformis, E. pocilliformis, E. sp. A, E. annosus (235910) E. pocilliformis (235926) E. pocilliformis, E. sp. B (235906) E. sp. A (235923)