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Metichthyocrinus

Crinoidea

Taxonomy
Metichthyocrinus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Icthyocrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); to Sagenocrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Flexibilia by Krivicich et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Metichthyocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T793
2002Metichthyocrinus Sepkoski
2014Methichtyocrinus Krivicich et al. p. Supplement

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
superorderFlexibilia(Zittel 1895)
genusMetichthyocrinus

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.

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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 11:52:01
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:52:01
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Chadian to the top of the Osagean or 346.70000 to 343.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Kentucky) M. clarkensis (6202) M. spp. (165194) M. tiaraeformis (6200)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Tennessee) Methichtyocrinus tiaraeformis (165203 165239)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) M. tiaraeformis, M. clarkensis (5869)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Tennessee) M. clarkensis (6207)