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.

Species

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

• Aglaocrinus cranei (Strimple, 1971); also known as Aaglaocrinus cranei
• Aglaocrinus expansus
• Aglaocrinus keytei (Strimple & Moore 1973); also known as Aaglaocrinus keytai
• Aglaocrinus konecnyorum (Webster 1981)
• Aglaocrinus magnus (Strimple 1949)
• Aglaocrinus nacoensis (Webster 1981)
• Aglaocrinus oklahomensis (Moore & Plummer 1938); also known as Ethelocrinus oklahomensis (Moore & Plummer, 1938)
• Aglaocrinus rectilatus (Lane & Webster, 1966)
• Aglaocrinus supplantus (Pabian & Strimple 1974); also known as Aaglaocrinus supplantus
• Aglaocrinus sutherlandi (Strimple 1980)
• Aglaocrinus tuberculatus (Meek & Worthen 1867)
• Aglaocrinus verrucosus(White & St John 1868); also known as Hydreionocrinus verrucosus (White & St John 1868)

References

Further reading

• Late Desmoinesian crinoid faunule from Oklahoma. Bulletin of the Oklahoma Geological Survey, 93 1961: 1–189. [Zoological Record Volume 98]
• https://www.jstor.org/pss/1302827
• https://www.jstor.org/pss/1302888
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100614144256/http://snr.unl.edu/data/geologysoils/fossils/nebrinvertbonner.asp
• http://www.itano.net/fossils/projects/batocrinid.pdf
• https://archive.today/20130201204036/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B83WC-4TX79DM-1&_user=10&_coverDate=03/31/2009&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1266739493&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=c2ffaffc8b71b080570e379c9cf8b6b8
• https://archive.today/20130201204712/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B83WC-4N0HJMK-3&_user=10&_coverDate=12/31/2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1266740419&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=b9712e3add258f370c8239a371483abe
• https://archive.today/20130105192329/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/89011672/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100609131230/http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/circulars/178/
• http://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/bitstream/1808/3645/3/paleo.paper.073op.pdf
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100614154604/http://snr.unl.edu/data/geologysoils/fossils/stratresults.asp?ID=299
• http://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/bitstream/1808/3678/3/paleo.paper.027op.pdf
• https://archive.org/stream/bulletinsofameri278281pale/bulletinsofameri278281pale_djvu.txt