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Hemicrinus

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Sclerocrinidae

Taxonomy
Hemicrinus was named by Orbigny (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-l K Albi Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Hemicrinus astierianus. It is the type genus of Hemicrinidae.

It was assigned to Hemicrinidae by Rasmussen (1961); to Cyrtocrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sclerocrinidae by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Hemicrinus Orbigny
1961Hemicrinus Rasmussen p. 233
2002Hemicrinus Sepkoski
2011Hemicrinus Hess and Messing p. 188

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderCyrtocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
suborderCyrtocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
superfamilyEugeniacrinitoidea(Roemer 1855)
familySclerocrinidaeJaekel 1918
genusHemicrinusOrbigny 1850

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. †Hemicrinus Orbigny 1850
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Hemicrinus astierianus d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Cyrtocrinus granulatus Jaekel 1891 [synonym]
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 16:27:36
Modified: 2004-02-28 18:27:36
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Hauterivian or 136.40000 to 130.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0France H. astierianus (59653)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Spain H. asterianus (55528)