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Reteocrinus

Crinoidea - Reteocrinidae

Taxonomy
Reteocrinus was named by Billings (1859) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 239]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Crinoidea by Bigby (1868); to Diplobathrida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Reteocrinidae by Wachsmuth and Springer (1885), Raymond (1931), Ubaghs et al. (1978), Ausich (1998), Cole et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Reteocrinus Billings
1868Retiocrinus Bigby pp. 23, 196
1885Reteocrinus Wachsmuth and Springer
1931Reteocrinus Raymond p. 203
1975Traskocrinus Kolata
1978Reteocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T414
1998Reteocrinus Ausich p. 24
2002Reteocrinus Sepkoski
2002Traskocrinus Sepkoski
2018Reteocrinus Cole et al. p. 491

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
familyReteocrinidaeWachsmuth and Springer 1885
genusReteocrinusBillings 1859

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. †Reteocrinus Billings 1859
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Reteocrinus alveolatus Miller and Gurley 1894
Reteocrinus elongatus Raymond 1931
Reteocrinus fimbriatus Billings 1859
Reteocrinus stellaris Billings 1859
Invalid names: Traskocrinus Kolata 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:31:37
Modified: 2010-02-10 07:13:41
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Katian or 471.30000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (New York) R. sp. (333 334 430)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) R. stellaris (195625)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (New York) R. sp. (104593 104598) R. stellaris (104605)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) R. polki, R. variabilicaulis (195670)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) R. depressus (24102 73277)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) R. spinosus, Traskocrinus mahlburgi (23431 23436)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) R. spinosus, Traskocrinus mahlburgi (23400)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) R. rocktonensis (23454)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) R. rocktonensis (23457)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) R. rocktonensis (23402)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) R. sp. (433)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) R. sp. (26277)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) R. alveolatus (192276) R. stellaris (180117) R. stellaris, R. alveolatus (192275 228229)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.1USA (Ohio) R. sp. (392 393)