''Aglaocrinus'' is an extinct species of
crinoid
Crinoids are marine animals that make up the Class (biology), class Crinoidea. Crinoids that are attached to the sea bottom by a stalk in their adult form are commonly called sea lilies, while the unstalked forms are called feather stars or coma ...
s 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.
Species
There are currently 12 species in this genus, consisting of:
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Aglaocrinus cranei'' (Strimple, 1971); also known as ''Aaglaocrinus cranei''
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Aglaocrinus expansus''
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Aglaocrinus keytei'' (Strimple & Moore 1973); also known as ''Aaglaocrinus keytai''
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Aglaocrinus konecnyorum
''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 ...
'' (Webster 1981)
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Aglaocrinus magnus'' (Strimple 1949)
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Aglaocrinus nacoensis'' (Webster 1981)
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Aglaocrinus oklahomensis'' (Moore & Plummer 1938); also known as ''Ethelocrinus oklahomensis'' (Moore & Plummer, 1938)
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Aglaocrinus rectilatus'' (Lane & Webster, 1966)
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Aglaocrinus supplantus'' (Pabian & Strimple 1974); also known as ''Aaglaocrinus supplantus''
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Aglaocrinus sutherlandi'' (Strimple 1980)
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Aglaocrinus tuberculatus'' (Meek & Worthen 1867)
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Aglaocrinus verrucosus''(White & St John 1868); also known as ''Hydreionocrinus verrucosus'' (White & St John 1868)
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References
Further reading
*Late Desmoinesian crinoid faunule from Oklahoma. Bulletin of the Oklahoma Geological Survey, 93 1961: 1–189.
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Paleozoic echinoderms of North America
Cladida
Prehistoric crinoid genera
Carboniferous crinoids
Pennsylvanian animals of North America