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Paracosmetocrinus richfieldensis

Crinoidea - Aphelecrinidae

Taxonomy
Poteriocrinus richfieldensis was named by Worthen (1882).

It was recombined as Cosmetocrinus richfieldensis by Kirk (1941); it was recombined as Aphelecrinus richfieldensis by Laudon and Severson (1953); it was recombined as Paracosmetocrinus richfieldensis by Kammer and Roeser (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Poteriocrinus richfieldensis Worthen p. 15
1941Cosmetocrinus richfieldensis Kirk p. 88
1953Aphelecrinus richfieldensis Laudon and Severson p. 521
2012Paracosmetocrinus richfieldensis 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
genusParacosmetocrinusStrimple 1967
speciesrichfieldensis(Worthen 1882)

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.

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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 (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Ohio) Paracosmetocrinus richfieldensis (236671 276404)