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Holopus

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Holopodidae

Taxonomy
Holopus was named by Orbigny (1837) [Sepkoski's age data: T Pale R]. It is extant. Its type is Holopus rangii. It is the type genus of Holopodidae.

It was assigned to Cyrtocrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Holopodidae by Hess and Messing (2011).

Species
H. rangii (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Holopus Orbigny
2002Holopus Sepkoski
2011Holopus Hess and Messing p. 199

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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
suborderHolopodinaArendt 1974
familyHolopodidaeZittel 1879
genusHolopusOrbigny 1837

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. Holopus Orbigny 1837
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Holopus rangii d'Orbigny 1837
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy (Vicenza) H. fabianii (237244)