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Taxocrinus ✝
| Description | Taxocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxocrinus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Taxocrinidae : Taxocrinus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Taxocrinida : Taxocrinidae : Taxocrinus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Taxocrinus Phillips, 1843 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | in Morris, Cat. Brit. Foss. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 336 - 318 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Taxocrinida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Crinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Taxocrinida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxocrinus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cyathocrinus macrodactylus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxocrinus anomalus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Taxocrinus belgicus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxocrinus communis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxocrinus huntsvillae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxocrinus intermedius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxocrinus juvenis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxocrinus macrodactylus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Taxocrinus ornatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxocrinus ovalis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Taxocrinus praestans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxocrinus pustulosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxocrinus quadribrachiatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxocrinus stuertzi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxocrinus stultus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Taxocrinus telleri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1843 | Taxocrinus Phillips |
| 1998 | Taxocrinus Ausich p. 23 |
| 1999 | Taxocrinus Webster et al. p. 475 |
| 2002 | Taxocrinus 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!
