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Carabocrinus

Crinoidea - Porocrinida

Taxonomy
Carabocrinus was named by Billings (1857) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-u O Ashg-m]. It is not extant. Its type is Carabocrinus radiatus. It is the type genus of Carabocrinidae.

It was assigned to Carabocrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978) and Parsley (1981); to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Porocrinidae by Ausich (1998), Ausich and Copper (2010) and Wright et al. (2019).

Species
C. boltoni, C. radiatus (type species), C. tuberculatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. oogyi, C. vancortlandi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Carabocrinus Billings
1978Carabocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T589
1981Carabocrinus Parsley
1998Carabocrinus Ausich p. 22
2002Carabocrinus Sepkoski
2010Carabocrinus Ausich and Copper p. 52
2019Carabocrinus Wright et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
superorderPorocrinoidea
orderPorocrinida
genusCarabocrinusBillings 1857

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. †Carabocrinus Billings 1857
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†Carabocrinus boltoni Ausich and Copper 2010
†Carabocrinus radiatus Billings 1857
†Carabocrinus tuberculatus Billings 1859
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Caradoc or 470.00000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Kentucky) C. micropunctatus (124619)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Virginia) C. sp. (34224 34235 34237 34241 34243 34244 34245 34246 34247 34248 34249 34250 34251 34252)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) C. radiatus (195625)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Kentucky) C. plate (100176) C. sp. (101378)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. sp. (23449)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) C. sp. (195667 195670)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) C. sp. (24101 24102 24104) C. sp., C. treadwelli, C. tumidus, C. vancortlandi, C. loeblichi, C. logani (23990) C. tumidus (24097) C. vancortlandi (24095)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. sp. (23400)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. dicyclicus, C. magnificus (23460 23465)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. dicyclicus, C. magnificus (23457)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. dicyclicus, C. magnificus (23394 23402)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. dicyclicus, C. magnificus (23472) C. dicyclicus, C. magnificus, C. oogyi (23470 23471) C. spp., C. radiatus (23477 23481)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. dicyclicus, C. magnificus, C. oogyi (23403) C. spp., C. radiatus (23404)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois) C. oogyi (195615)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa, Illinois) C. dicyclicus, C. magnificus, C. oogyi (23469) C. sp. (23474)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Missouri) C. sp. (13157)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (24116)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) C. boltoni (202367 202369)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) C. radiatus (180117 192276) C. sp. (228229) C. vancortlandti (182454 192275)
Katian453.0 - 445.2USA (Iowa) C. sp. (138446)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. sp., C. radiatus (23490 23492)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) C. sp., C. radiatus (23405)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. slocomi (23521)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. slocomi (23409)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. slocomi (23522 23524)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. slocomi (23410)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Iowa) C. slocomi (26683) C. sp., C. radiatus (13156)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. slocomi (23534 23546)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (24118)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) C. slocomi (13200)