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Caryocrinitidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Rhombifera : Caryocrinitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 470 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 427 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Blastozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Blastozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Regnéll. 1945. Non-Crinoid Pelmatozoa from the Paleozoic of Sweden. Meddelanden från Lunds Geologisk-Mineralogiska Institution 108:1-255 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Caryocrinites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 86 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 427 Ma Silurian | |
Juglandocrinus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Paracaryocrinites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Polycosmites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1938 | Caryocrinitidae Bassler |
2019 | Caryocrinitidae Paul et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!