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Pachylocrinus ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Pachylocrinidae : Pachylocrinus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pachylocrinus Wachsmuth & Springer, 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 372 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 345 - 343 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Cladida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Crinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Cladida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pachylocrinus aequalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachylocrinus arboreus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachylocrinus asperatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachylocrinus bellirugosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachylocrinus briareus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachylocrinus colubrosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachylocrinus coxanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachylocrinus extensus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachylocrinus globosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachylocrinus mcguirei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachylocrinus ogarai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachylocrinus plumifer ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pachylocrinus uddeni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scaphiocrinus plumifer species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1879 | Pachylocrinus Wachsmuth and Springer |
2001 | Pachylocrinus Lane et al. |
2002 | Pachylocrinus Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
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