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Stellarocrinus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Echinodermata
    Class:  
Crinoidea
    Order:  
Cladida
    Superfamily:  
Lophocrinacea
    Family:  
Stellarocrinidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Stellarocrinus STRIMPLE, 1940 (Mar. ), p. 1
    Type Species:  
Cyathocrinus stillativus WHITE, 1880b, p. 258, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 439, 1a, b. *S. stillativus (White), U.Penn. (Virgil. ), Kans., l a, b, holotype viewed from B C interray, and dorsal view, x1 (White, 1880b), Fig. 439, 1c. S. florealis (Moore & Plummer), M.Penn. (Desmoines. ), Texas, holotype, oblique view from below ( C D interray upward), x1.5 (Moore & Plummer, 1940), Fig. 439, 1d-g. S. geometricus (Moore & Plummer), M.Penn. (Desmoines. ), Texas, 1 d-f, holotype, dorsal, post., and ventral views, x1.5 (Moore & Plummer, 1940), 1 g , plate diagram of cup and parts of arms (radials black, radianal cross ruled, anal X and right tube plate R X stippled), x1.5 (Moore, n), Fig. 439, 1h. S. bilineatus Strimple & Moore, U.Penn. (Missour. ), Ill., post. view, x1.2 (Strimple & Moore, 1971a), Fig. 439, 1i. S. virgilensis Strimple, U.Penn. (Missour. ), Okla. hypotype crown (CD interray upward), (Strimple & Moore, 1971a)


Synonyms

Apollocrinus


Geographic Distribution

USA (Texas-Ill.-Mo.-Kans.-Okla.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Penn.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Moscovian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
315.15
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L. Perm.
    Ending International Stage:  
Kungurian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
274.37


Description

Arms equibiserial, wide, primibrachs 1 axillary, subsequent axillaries small, triangular in outline. Stem transversely round.




References



Museum or Author Information

White, 1880, Moore & Plummer, 1940, Moore & Plummer, 1940, Strimple & Moore, 1971