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Colpodecrinidae

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Colpodecrinidae

Taxonomy
Colpodecrinidae was named by Sprinkle and Kolata (1982). Its type is Colpodecrinus.

It was assigned to Dendrocrinacea by Ausich (1998) and Ausich et al. (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Colpodecrinidae Sprinkle and Kolata
1998Colpodecrinidae Ausich p. 20
2002Colpodecrinidae Ausich et al. p. 982

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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
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyDendrocrinaceaWachsmuth and Springer 1886
familyColpodecrinidaeSprinkle and Kolata 1982
familyColpodecrinidaeSprinkle and Kolata 1982

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.

Fm. †Colpodecrinidae Sprinkle and Kolata 1982
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G. †Archaetaxocrinus Lewis 1981
G. †Colpodecrinus Sprinkle and Kolata 1982
G. †Fresnedacrinus Ausich et al. 2002
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Fresnedacrinus ibericus Ausich et al. 2002
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: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Dobrotivian to the top of the Blackriveran or 459.00000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Spain (Cuidad Real) Fresnedacrinus ibericus (166760)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) Colpodecrinus sp. (24101)