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Pisocrinidae ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Pisocrinidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Pisocrinida : Pisocrinidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pisocrinidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 376 - 371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Disparida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Crinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Disparida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Crinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | F.E Fearnhead. 2008. Towards a systematic standard approach to describing fossil crinoids, illustrated by the redescription of a Scottish Pisocrinus de Koninck. Scripta Geologica 136:39-61 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pisocrininae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 28 | 443 Ma Silurian | 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Calycanthocrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Cicerocrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 426 Ma Silurian | 421 Ma Silurian | |
Pisocrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 66 | 443 Ma Silurian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Playfordicrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1878 | Pisocrinidae Angelin |
1936 | Pisocrinidae Goldring |
2008 | Pisocrinidae Fearnhead p. 49 |
2009 | Pisocrinidae Webster and Rakhmonov p. 236 |
2010 | Pisocrinidae Ausich and Copper p. 73 |
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!