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Pirasocrinidae

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Pirasocrinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Pirasocrinidae Moore and Laudon
1978Pirasocrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T722
2007Pirasocrinidae Webster and Lane p. 959
2009Pirasocrinidae Webster et al. p. 248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyPirasocrinoidea(Moore and Laudon 1943)
familyPirasocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
familyPirasocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Pirasocrinidae Moore and Laudon 1943
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G. †Aatocrinus Moore and Plummer 1940
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Aatocrinus permicus Webster and Lane 1967
G. †Affinocrinus Knapp 1969
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Affinocrinus grandis Moore and Strimple 1973
Affinocrinus normalis Moore and Strimple 1973
Affinocrinus progressus Moore and Strimple 1973
G. †Dasciocrinus Kirk 1939
G. †Eirmocrinus Strimple and Watkins 1969
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Eirmocrinus brewi Webster and Lane 1970
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Invalid names: Eirmocrinus jeani Brew and Beus 1976 [synonym]
G. †Exterocrinus Knapp 1969
G. †Hypermorphocrinus Arendt 1968
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G. †Lasanocrinus Moore and Plummer 1940
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Lasanocrinus daileyi Strimple 1940
Lasanocrinus minutus Moore and Strimple 1973
Lasanocrinus multinodulus Moore and Strimple 1973
Lasanocrinus nodatus Moore and Strimple 1973
Lasanocrinus strigosus Moore and Plummer 1938
G. †Metaperimestocrinus Strimple 1961
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Metaperimestocrinus aoertuensis Webster et al. 2009
G. †Metutharocrinus Moore and Strimple 1973
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Metutharocrinus cockei Moore and Strimple 1973
Metutharocrinus spinifer Moore and Strimple 1973
Metutharocrinus undulatus Moore and Strimple 1973
G. †Perimestocrinus Moore and Plummer 1937
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Perimestocrinus nevadensis Lane and Webster 1966
Perimestocrinus oasis Webster and Lane 1967
Perimestocrinus teneris Moore and Plummer 1938
G. †Pirasocrinus Moore and Plummer 1940
G. †Plaxocrinus Moore and Plummer 1937
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Plaxocrinus crassidiscus Miller and Gurley 1894
Plaxocrinus piutae Lane and Webster 1966
G. †Stenopecrinus Strimple 1961
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Stenopecrinus ornatus Moore and Strimple 1973
Stenopecrinus xerophilus Lane and Webster 1966
G. †Triceracrinus Bramlette 1943
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Triceracrinus moorei Bramlette 1943
G. †Utharocrinus Moore and Plummer 1937
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Utharocrinus pentanodus Mather 1915
G. †Vertigocrinus Knapp 1969
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Vertigocrinus parilis Moore and Plummer 1940
Vertigocrinus subtilis Moore 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-09 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Pendleian to the top of the Melekhovian or 330.30000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Kentucky) Dasciocrinus sp. (206292)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Illinois) Dasciocrinus spinifer (90821)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) Lasanocrinus strigosus, Perimestocrinus teneris (129921) Metutharocrinus cockei (128914) Utharocrinus pentanodus (129920)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) Affinocrinus politus, Affinocrinus grandis (129915) Affinocrinus politus, Lasanocrinus nodatus, Metutharocrinus cockei, Affinocrinus progressus (128679) Lasanocrinus daileyi, Metutharocrinus undulatus, Affinocrinus normalis (128690) Lasanocrinus minutus (129914) Lasanocrinus nodatus, Lasanocrinus multinodulus, Lasanocrinus strigosus, Utharocrinus pentanodus, Metutharocrinus cockei (90795) Lasanocrinus nodatus, Lasanocrinus strigosus, Lasanocrinus minutus, Metutharocrinus cockei, Metutharocrinus spinifer, Affinocrinus progressus, Stenopecrinus ornatus, Perimestocrinus teneris (128687) Lasanocrinus nodus, Metutharocrinus cockei, Metutharocrinus spinifer, Affinocrinus progressus (128916) Metutharocrinus cockei (128647)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Affinocrinus orbis (90799)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Oklahoma) Affinocrinus sp. A (90806 90807) Affinocrinus sp. A, Affinocrinus sp. B (90805)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Arizona) Sciadiocrinus brewi, Eirmocrinus jeani (90772)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0China (Xinjiang) Metaperimestocrinus aoertuensis (92636)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Brazil (ParĂ¡) Plaxocrinus brasilensis (90771)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Illinois) Stenopecrinus planus, Stenopecrinus sp. (51191)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) Pirasocrinidae indet. (44411)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Perimestocrinus moseleyi, Pirasocrinus invaginatus, Plaxocrinus laxus, Plaxocrinus oeconomicus (90808)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Pirasocrinidae indet. (72366 72369 72371 72372 72375 72377 72378 72383)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) Pirasocrinidae indet. (72365 72367 72368 72373 72374 72384 72385) Stenopecrinus planus (216601)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Plaxocrinus gloukosensis (90809)
Rusavkinian303.7 - 287.6USA (Nebraska) Plaxocrinus crassidiscus (124441) Plaxocrinus crassidiscus, Vertigocrinus parilis (124407)
Rusavkinian303.7 - 287.6USA (Iowa) P. sp. (124436)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (British Columbia) Pirasocrinidae indet. (98045)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) Plaxocrinus piutae, Perimestocrinus nevadensis, Aatocrinus permicus, Perimestocrinus oasis (90756) Plaxocrinus sp., Stenopecrinus xerophilus, Perimestocrinus nevadensis, Pirasocrinidae indet. A, Pirasocrinidae indet. B (90757) Plaxocrinus sp., Utharocrinus sp., Plaxocrinus piutae, Stenopecrinus xerophilus, Perimestocrinus nevadensis (74742)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation Hypermorphocrinus magnospinosus (101531)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Delocrinus excavatus (89392)
Melekhovian264.9 - 251.902USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (124481) Triceracrinus sp. (124480)