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Graphiocrinidae

Crinoidea - Graphiocrinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Graphiocrinidae Wachsmuth and Springer
1978Graphiocrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T706
1987Graphiocrinidae Webster p. 116
2015Graphiocrinidae Webster and Donovan p. 511
2025Graphiocrinidae Webster et al. p. 666

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
superfamilyErisocrinoidea(Wachsmuth and Springer 1886)
familyGraphiocrinidaeWachsmuth and Springer 1886
familyGraphiocrinidaeWachsmuth and Springer 1886

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. †Graphiocrinidae Wachsmuth and Springer 1886
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G. †Contocrinus Knapp 1969
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Contocrinus andamanensis Webster and Jell 1993
Contocrinus coupi Strimple and Moore 1971
Contocrinus stantonensis Strimple 1939
G. †Ekmelocrinus Webster and Donovan 2015
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Ekmelocrinus amplior Wanner 1924
Ekmelocrinus ovoides Wanner 1924
Ekmelocrinus subamplior Wanner 1924
Ekmelocrinus verbeeki Wanner 1916
Ekmelocrinus vermistriatus Webster and Donovan 2015
G. †Euerisocrinus Strimple 1939
G. †Permiocrinus Wanner 1949
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Permiocrinus immaturus Wanner 1949
Permiocrinus pumilus Moore and Plummer 1940
G. †Tapinocrinus Webster 1987
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Tapinocrinus ingrami Webster 1987
Tapinocrinus macurdai Webster 1987
Tapinocrinus spinosus Wanner 1916
Tapinocrinus timoricus Wanner 1916
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 Missourian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 306.00000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Illinois) Contocrinus coupi (51191)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Graphiocrinidae indet. (72372 72376)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) Graphiocrinidae indet. (44411)
Rusavkinian303.7 - 287.6USA (Nebraska) Contocrinus stantonensis (124441)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Tapinocrinus sp., Tapinocrinus macurdai, Tapinocrinus ingrami (88211)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Indonesia Graphiocrinus timoricus, Graphiocrinus amplior, Ceriocrinus verbeeki (118268)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Oman Permiocrinus sp. (275572)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) Tapinocrinus spinosus (72211 120584 120611)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand (Trang) Graphiocrinus sp. (40870)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Indonesia Ceriocrinus verbeeki (39608 39610)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Indonesia (Timor) Graphiocrinus timoricus (223610)