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Scytalocrinidae ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Scytalocrinidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Dendrocrinida : Scytalocrinidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Scytalocrinidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 372 - 361 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 296 - 290 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | G. D. Webster, D. J. Hafley, and D. B. Blake, A. Glass. 1999. Crinoids and Stelleroids (Echinodermata) from the Broken Rib Member, Dyer Formation (Late Devonian, Famennian) of the White River Plateau, Colorado. Journal of Paleontology 73(3):461-486 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Gilmocrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Haeretocrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 306 Ma Carboniferous | 303 Ma Carboniferous | |
Histocrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
Hypselocrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 22 | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Lorocrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Morrowcrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Omanicrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 296 Ma Permian | 296 Ma Permian | |
Phacelocrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 26 | 336 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Scytalocrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 26 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Haerteocrinus intermedius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1943 | Scytalocrinidae Moore and Laudon |
1971 | Scytalocrinidae Campbell and Bein p. 422 |
1999 | Scytalocrinidae Webster et al. p. 470 |
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!