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Cranocrininae

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Hypocrinidae

Taxonomy
Cranocrininae was named by Arendt (1970). Its type is Cranocrinus.

It was assigned to Hypocrinidae by Arendt (1970).

Subtaxa
Cranocrinus (type genus), Hydroporocrinus, Tenagocrinus
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2025-08-19; modified by M. Clapham on 2025-08-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Cranocrininae Arendt p. 140

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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
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyHypocrinaceaWanner 1916
familyHypocrinidaeWanner 1916
subfamilyCranocrininae
subfamilyCranocrininae

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.

Subfm. †Cranocrininae Arendt 1970
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G. †Cranocrinus Wanner 1929
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†Cranocrinus praestans Arendt 1970
†Cranocrinus timoricus Wanner 1929
G. †Hydroporocrinus Arendt 1970
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†Hydroporocrinus obliquus Arendt 1970
G. †Tenagocrinus Wanner 1929
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†Tenagocrinus sulcatus Wanner 1916
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, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902Indonesia (Timor) Embryocrinus sulcatus (223619)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation Cranocrinus praestans (101527 101531) Cranocrinus praestans, Hydroporocrinus obliquus (101532)