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Aglaocrinus

Aglaocrinus is an extinct species of crinoids in the Cladia order. It has been proposed that it was a blind, stationary (attached) suspension feeder the hard parts of which were composed of magnesium calcite. It has been discovered in 3 locations in North America.

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Aglaocrinus
Temporal range: Carboniferous12
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Crinoidea
Order:
Cladida
Family:
Dendrocrinidae
Genus:
Aglaocrinus

Strimple, 196134
Species

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Aglaocrinus is an extinct species of crinoids in the Cladia order.56789 It has been proposed that it was a blind, stationary (attached) suspension feeder the hard parts of which were composed of magnesium calcite.1011 It has been discovered in 3 locations in North America.12

Species

There are currently 12 species in this genus, consisting of:

  • Aglaocrinus cranei (Strimple, 1971);13141516 also known as Aaglaocrinus cranei17181920
  • Aglaocrinus expansus21
  • Aglaocrinus keytei (Strimple & Moore 1973);2223 also known as Aaglaocrinus keytai2425262728
  • Aglaocrinus konecnyorum (Webster 1981)2930
  • Aglaocrinus magnus (Strimple 1949)31323334
  • Aglaocrinus nacoensis (Webster 1981)3536
  • Aglaocrinus oklahomensis (Moore & Plummer 1938);373839 also known as Ethelocrinus oklahomensis (Moore & Plummer, 1938)40
  • Aglaocrinus rectilatus (Lane & Webster, 1966)414243444546
  • Aglaocrinus supplantus (Pabian & Strimple 1974);474849 also known as Aaglaocrinus supplantus50515253
  • Aglaocrinus sutherlandi (Strimple 1980)5455
  • Aglaocrinus tuberculatus (Meek & Worthen 1867)565758
  • Aglaocrinus verrucosus(White & St John 1868);5960 also known as Hydreionocrinus verrucosus (White & St John 1868)6162
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