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Millericrinus

Crinoidea - Millericrinida - Millericrinidae

Taxonomy
Millericrinus was named by d'Orbigny (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine K Vala Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Encrinites milleri. It is the type genus of Millericrinidae.

It was assigned to Millericrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Millericrinidae by Hess and Messing (2011).

Species
Ceriocrinus, Millericrinites, M. echinatus, M. goupili, M. milleri, M. rotiformis
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. adneticus, M. granulosus
Sister genera
Ceriocrinus, Millericrinites

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Millericrinus d'Orbigny p. 36
1852Millericrinites Buvignier p. 263
2002Millericrinus Sepkoski
2003Ceriocrinus Kiessling
2011Millericrinus Hess and Messing p. 160

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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
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderMillericrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
familyMillericrinidaeJaeckel 1918
genusMillericrinusd'Orbigny 1840

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. †Millericrinus d'Orbigny 1840
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†Millericrinus echinatus Schlotheim 1820
†Millericrinus goupili d'Orbigny 1839
†Millericrinus milleri von Schlotheim 1823
†Millericrinus rotiformis d'Orbigny 1850
Invalid names: Ceriocrinus [nomen nudum], Millericrinites Buvignier 1852 [nomen vanum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:12:34
Modified: 2004-02-28 19:12:34
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Missourian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 306.00000 to 145.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 303.7 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Ceriocrinus sp. (184105)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Indonesia Ceriocrinus rugosus, Ceriocrinus expansus, Ceriocrinus excavatissimus, Ceriocrinus rotundatus, Ceriocrinus malaianua (118268)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Indonesia Ceriocrinus malaianus (39608 39610)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Italy M. adneticus (173592)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) M. sp. (204062 204103)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Somalia M. sp. (100385)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany (Brandenburg) M. escheri, M. echinatus (32016)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) M. sp. (2560 2562 2599)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Ceriocrinus sp. (47898 47899 47902) M. granulosus, Ceriocrinus sp. (47894 47900) M. sp. (47875 47886) M. sp., Ceriocrinus sp. (47885 48597 48604)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Ukraine M. annulatus, M. convexus, M. etalloni, M. granulosus, M. knorri, M. multipunctatus, M. thiollieri, M. echinatus, M. rotiformis, M. goupilianus, M. milleri (67868)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Spain M. sp. (67866)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia Ceriocrinus sp. (46304 46305) M. sp. (46302 46307 46309)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Egypt M. echinatus, M. rotiformis, M. goupili (171258)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Yemen (Wadi Hajar) M. sp. (2586)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland M. sp. (38692)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France M. etalloni (62710) M. horridus, M. etalloni (62708)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France M. sp. (13055)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Saudi Arabia M. sp. (45691)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Centro) M. lusitanicus, M. escheri, M. horridus (68220)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal M. lusitanicus (68212 68819)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal M. horridus, M. escheri, M. mespiliformis, M. lusitanicus (34661)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) M. milleri (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) M. sp. (59175)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) M. rosaceus, M. horridus, M. mespiliformis, M. milleri (23887)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) M. sp. (23903 23904)