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Icthyocrinidae

Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Icthyocrinidae

Taxonomy
Icthyocrinidae was named by Wachsmuth and Springer (1886). Its type is Icthyocrinus.

It was assigned to Icthyocrinacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978) and Ausich and Copper (2010); and to Icthyocrinoidea by Webster and Webster (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Icthyocrinidae Wachsmuth and Springer
1978Icthyocrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T790
2010Icthyocrinidae Ausich and Copper p. 60
2012Icthyocrinidae Webster and Webster p. 1329

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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)
superorderFlexibilia(Zittel 1895)
orderSagenocrinidaSpringer 1913
superfamilyIcthyocrinoideaWachsmuth and Springer 1886
familyIcthyocrinidaeWachsmuth and Springer 1886
familyIcthyocrinidaeWachsmuth and Springer 1886

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.

Fm. †Icthyocrinidae Wachsmuth and Springer 1886
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G. †Cleistocrinus Springer 1920
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Clidochirus pyrum Angelin 1878
Clidochirus vaurealensis 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: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:17:44
Modified: 2004-02-28 19:17:44
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Givetian or 453.00000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian453.0 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) Clidochirus sp. (202370) Clidochirus vaurealensis (202369)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (West Virginia) Clidochirus sp. (26825)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (New York) Clidochirus schucherti (26851)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Synaptocrinus nuntius (5656 5661 5662 5664)