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Aphelecrinus gracilis

Crinoidea

Taxonomy
Aphelecrinus gracilis was named by Kammer and Roeser (2012). Its type specimen is CMNH 5718-26 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. angustatus, A. dilatatus, A. oweni, A. parvus, A. randolphensis, A. roscobiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Aphelecrinus gracilis Kammer and Roeser p. 479 figs. 3.13, 3.14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—Eucladida
—ArticuliformesWright 2017
genusAphelecrinusKirk 1944
speciesgracilis

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.

†Aphelecrinus gracilis Kammer and Roeser 2012
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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: 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: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kinderhookian or 358.86000 to 351.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Ohio) Aphelecrinus gracilis (276404)