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Desmidocrinus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Carpocrinidae

Taxonomy
Desmidocrinus was named by Angelin (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Carpocrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Monobathrida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Desmidocrinus Angelin
1978Desmidocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T465
2002Desmidocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
familyCarpocrinidaeDe Koninck and Le Hon 1854
genusDesmidocrinusAngelin 1878

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.

G. †Desmidocrinus Angelin 1878
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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: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Stem lengths of 20-25 cm according to Brett (1984), therefore upper level epifaunal.g
Created: 2009-10-09 11:39:08
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:39:08
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Emsian or 438.50000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Russian Federation (Siberia) D. sp. (206347)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Indiana) D. dubius, D. laurelianus (26771)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) D. macrodactilus (81750)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Tajikistan D. ligatus (79093)