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Cosmetocrinus crineus

Crinoidea - Aphelecrinidae

Taxonomy
Poteriocrinus crineus was named by Hall (1863).

It was recombined as Aphelecrinus crineus by Strimple (1967); it was recombined as Cosmetocrinus crineus by Kirk (1941), Kammer and Roeser (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Poteriocrinus crineus Hall p. 56
1941Cosmetocrinus crineus Kirk p. 87
1967Aphelecrinus crineus Strimple p. 81
2012Cosmetocrinus crineus Kammer and Roeser p. 480

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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)
suborderDendrocrininaBather 1899
superfamilyScytalocrinacea
familyAphelecrinidaeStrimple 1967
genusCosmetocrinusKirk 1941
speciescrineus(Hall 1863)

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.

Cosmetocrinus crineus Hall 1863
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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) Cosmetocrinus crineus (236671)