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Ramacrinidae

Crinoidea - Homocrinida - Ramacrinidae

Taxonomy
Ramacrinidae was named by Prokop (1977).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Ramacrinidae Prokop
2012Ramacrinidae Webster and Webster

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Disparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderHomocrinida
familyRamacrinidaeProkop 1977
familyRamacrinidaeProkop 1977

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. †Ramacrinidae Prokop 1977
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G. †Heracrinus Prokop 1977
G. †Junocrinus Prokop 1977
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: 2004-02-28 16:34:13
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:33:22
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 413.02000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia Junocrinus globulus (14135 14136)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Czechia Heracrinus strimplei (14139)