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Myosocrinus

Crinoidea - Botryocrinidae

Taxonomy
Myosocrinus was named by Ausich and Copper (2010). Its type is Myosocrinus chicottensis.

It was assigned to Botryocrinidae by Ausich and Copper (2010).

Species
M. chicottensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Myosocrinus Ausich and Copper

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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
—ArticuliformesWright 2017
familyBotryocrinidaeBather 1899
genusMyosocrinus

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. †Myosocrinus Ausich and Copper 2010
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†Myosocrinus chicottensis Ausich and Copper 2010
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: Telychian or 438.50000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) M. chicottensis (202393)