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Eupachycrinus

Crinoidea - Eupachycrinidae

Taxonomy
Eupachycrinus was named by Meek and Worthen (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u C Serp-l]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Eupachycrinidae.

It was assigned to Eupachycrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
E. magister

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Eupachycrinus Meek and Worthen
1978Eupachycrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T690
2002Eupachycrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
superfamilyCromyocrinaceaBather 1890
familyEupachycrinidaeMiller 1890
genusEupachycrinusMeek and Worthen 1865

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. †Eupachycrinus Meek and Worthen 1865
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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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Moscovian or 336.00000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Alabama) E. sp. (6764 6773 6780 6791 6795 6807 6811 6823 6831 6847)
Brigantian - Pendleian336.0 - 327.0USA (Pennsylvania) E. sp. (2774)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Indiana) E. boydii (6941 6961)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Kentucky) E. spartarius, E. germanus (6968)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) E. magister (90789 90793)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) E. magister (67682 90795 90796)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) E. verrucosus, E. sp. (90784)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) E. verrucosus (90781 90782)