Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Othneiocrinus priscus

Crinoidea - Homocrinida - Atopocrinidae

Taxonomy
Atopocrinus priscus was named by Lane (1970). Its type specimen is USNM 165240 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is J-18, which is in a Dapingian deep subtidal ramp limestone/shale in the Kanosh Shale Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Atopocrinus, Othneiocrinus.

It was recombined as Othneiocrinus priscus by Lane (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Atopocrinus priscus Lane p. 15 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 4-6; text-fig. 2 F-J
1978Othneiocrinus priscus Lane p. T549

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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

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.

Othneiocrinus priscus Lane 1970
show all | hide all
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 et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Dapingian or 471.30000 to 469.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4USA (Utah) Atopocrinus priscus (104210)