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Steganocrinus pentagonus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Actinocrinus pentagonus was named by Hall (1858). It is not extant. It is the type species of Steganocrinus.

It was recombined as Steganocrinus pentagonus by Brower (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Steganocrinus pentagonus Brower

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderCompsocrininaUbaghs 1978
superfamilyPeriechocrinaceaBronn 1848
familyActinocrinitidaeAustin and Austin 1842
subfamilyActinocrinitinaeAustin and Austin 1842
genusSteganocrinus
speciespentagonus()

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.

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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: 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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Osagean or 352.00000 to 343.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (New Mexico) Steganocrinus pentagonus (235903 235905 235907 235910 235911 235912 235913 235914 235915 235916 235917 235923 235924 235925)