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Moundocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Aesiocrinidae

Taxonomy
Moundocrinus was named by Strimple (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-l C Step-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ampelocrinidae by Pabian and Rushlau (2002); to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aesiocrinidae by Webster and Lane (2007).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Moundocrinus Strimple
2002Moundocrinus Pabian and Rushlau
2002Moundocrinus Sepkoski
2007Moundocrinus Webster and Lane p. 961

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
familyAesiocrinidae
genusMoundocrinusStrimple 1939

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. †Moundocrinus Strimple 1939
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Bashkirian to the top of the Missourian or 323.20000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) M. coalensis (90798)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Illinois) M. osagensis (51191)