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Austinocrinus

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isselicrinidae

Taxonomy

Austinocrinus was named by Loriol (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti-l K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 864]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Isselicrinidae by Donovan (1994); to Isocrinidae by Rasmussen (1961) and Jagt (1999); to Isocrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Isselicrininae by Hess and Messing (2011).

Species

A. (Penroseocrinus), A. bicoronatus, A. cubensis, A. erckerti (syn. A. radiatus, A. komaroffi), A. mexicanus, A. rothpletzi (syn. A. zitteli, A. meyni, Isocrinus holsaticus), A. solignaci

Synonyms

Austinocrinus (Penroseocrinus) was named by Sieverts-Doreck (1953).

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Austinocrinus by Rasmussen (1961).

It was assigned to Austinocrinus by Sieverts-Doreck (1953).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1889	Austinocrinus Loriol
1953	Austinocrinus (Penroseocrinus) Sieverts-Doreck
1961	Austinocrinus Rasmussen p. 26
1994	Austinocrinus Donovan p. 196
1999	Austinocrinus Jagt p. 70
2002	Austinocrinus Sepkoski
2011	Austinocrinus Hess and Messing p. 63

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Blastozoa
class	Crinoidea	Miller 1821
subclass	Pentacrinoidea	Jaekel 1918

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Inadunata	(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—	Cladida	(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—	Eucladida
infraorder	Articulata	(Miller 1821)
order	Isocrinida	Sieverts-Doreck 1952
suborder	Isocrinina	Sieverts-Doreck 1952
family	Isselicrinidae	Klikushkin 1977
subfamily	Isselicrininae	Klikushin 1977
genus	Austinocrinus	Loriol 1889

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. †Austinocrinus Loriol 1889

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†Austinocrinus bicoronatus Hagenow 1840

†Austinocrinus cubensis Valette 1926

†Austinocrinus erckerti Dames 1885

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Invalid names: Austinocrinus komaroffi Loriol 1889 [synonym], Austinocrinus radiatus Anthula 1899 [synonym]

†Austinocrinus mexicanus Springer 1922

†Austinocrinus rothpletzi Stolley 1892

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Invalid names: Austinocrinus meyni Stolley 1892 [synonym], Austinocrinus zitteli Stolley 1892 [synonym], Isocrinus holsaticus Jaekel 1904 [synonym]

†Austinocrinus solignaci Valette 1926

Invalid names: Austinocrinus (Penroseocrinus) Sieverts-Doreck 1953 [invalid subgroup]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

high Mg calcitec

Ontogeny:

accretion, addition of partsp

Environment:

marinep

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesf

Life habit:

upper-level epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Dispersal:

waterp

Dispersal 2:

planktonicp

Created:

2014-09-12 15:04:52

Modified:

2014-09-12 15:04:52

Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum

References: Donovan 1994, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 86.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Cuba	A. cubensis (91131)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	Mexico (Tamaulipas)	Balanocrinus mexicanus (110214)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Poland	A. bicoronatus (183403 183404)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany	A. sp. (221859)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Austria	A. rothpletzi (48008)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)	A. bicoronatus (32022)