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Psalidocrinus

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Psalidocrinidae

Taxonomy
Psalidocrinus was named by Remes (1913) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith K Vala]. Its type is Psalidocrinus remesi. It is the type genus of Psalidocrinidae.

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

Species
P. remesi (type species), P. strambergensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Psalidocrinus Remes p. 347
2002Psalidocrinus Sepkoski
2011Psalidocrinus Hess and Messing p. 185

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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)
familyPsalidocrinidaeŽitt 1978
genusPsalidocrinusRemes 1913

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. †Psalidocrinus Remes 1913
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Psalidocrinus remesi Bather 1913
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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available