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Cunctocrinus

Crinoidea - Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae

Taxonomy
Cunctocrinus was named by Kesling and Sigler (1969) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give]. It is not extant. Its type is Cunctocrinus fortunatus.

It was assigned to Calceocrinidae by Kesling and Sigler (1969) and Ausich (1998); and to Disparida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. fortunatus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Cunctocrinus Kesling and Sigler
1998Cunctocrinus Ausich p. 27
2002Cunctocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
superorderDisparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderCalceocrinida
familyCalceocrinidaeMeek and Worthen 1869
genusCunctocrinusKesling and Sigler 1969

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. †Cunctocrinus Kesling and Sigler 1969
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Cunctocrinus fortunatus Kesling and Sigler 1969
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: 2004-02-28 16:34:13
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:33:22
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Givetian or 387.70000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Indiana) C. fortunatus (66054) C. sp. (55606)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Ohio) C. fortunatus (38464 81857)