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Dendrocrinus ✝
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Dendrocrinidae : Dendrocrinus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Dendrocrinida : Dendrocrinidae : Dendrocrinus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Dendrocrinus Hall, 1852 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Nat. Hist. N. York vi, 2, 1851 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 470 - 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 419 - 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Crinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: Stem lengths of 15-20 cm according to Brett (1984), therefore intermediate level epifaunal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Dendrocrinus bibrachialis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dendrocrinus caduceus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dendrocrinus celsus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dendrocrinus collapsus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dendrocrinus constrictus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dendrocrinus curtus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dendrocrinus daytonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dendrocrinus dyeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dendrocrinus granditubus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dendrocrinus johnphillipsi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dendrocrinus latibrachiatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Dendrocrinus leptos ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 443 Ma Silurian | |
Dendrocrinus longidactylus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 441 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Dendrocrinus minutus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Dendrocrinus nodobrachiatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dendrocrinus obscurus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dendrocrinus tener ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Dendrocrinus villosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1852 | Dendrocrinus Hall p. 193 figs. 7a, 7b, Pl. 42; 1a-1k, Pl. 43 |
1859 | Dendrocrinus acutidactylus Billings |
1976 | Dendrocrinus Kolata |
1998 | Dendrocrinus Ausich p. 20 |
2002 | Dendrocrinus Sepkoski, Jr. |
2010 | Dendrocrinus Ausich and Copper p. 39 |
2019 | Dendrocrinus Wright 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!
Niagara County, New York, USA