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Scytalocrinacea

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Scytalocrinacea Moore and Laudon
1978Scytalocrinacea Ubaghs et al. p. T638
1999Scytalocrinacea Webster et al. p. 470
1999Scytalocrinoidea Webster and Jell p. 328
2002Scytalocrinacea Pabian and Rushlau
2007Scytalocrinacea Webster and Lane p. 958
2009Scytalocrinoidea Webster et al. p. 246
2012Scytalocrinoidea Webster and Webster
2015Scytalocrinoidea Webster and Donovan p. 500

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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
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyScytalocrinacea
superfamilyScytalocrinacea

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.

Superfm. †Scytalocrinacea Moore and Laudon 1943
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Fm. †Scytalocrinidae Moore and Laudon 1943
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G. †Anemetocrinus Wright 1938
G. †Atrapocrinus Strimple 1975
G. †Corematocrinus Goldring 1923
G. †Haeretocrinus Moore and Pulmmer 1940
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Haeretocrinus missouriensis Moore and Plummer 1940
Haeretocrinus wagneri Strimple and Moore 1971
G. †Histocrinus Kirk 1940
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Histocrinus grandis Wachsmuth and Springer 1880
Histocrinus graphicus Miller and Gurley 1890
Histocrinus juvenis Meek and Worthen 1869
G. †Hydriocrinus Trautschold 1867
G. †Hypselocrinus Kirk 1940
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Hypselocrinus arcanus Miller and Gurley 1890
Hypselocrinus cavus Washburn 1968
Hypselocrinus defendus Washburn 1968
Hypselocrinus douglassi Miller and Gurley 1896
Hypselocrinus hoveyi Worthen 1875
Hypselocrinus maccabei Miller and Gurley 1894
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Invalid names: Poteriocrinus hammondi Miller and Gurley 1894 [synonym]
Hypselocrinus macrodactylus Meek and Worthen 1869
Hypselocrinus neglectus Miller and Gurley 1896
Hypselocrinus pleias Hall 1863
Hypselocrinus superus Washburn 1968
Hypselocrinus tethys Meek and Worthen 1869
G. †Julieticrinus Waters et al. 2003
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Julieticrinus romeo Waters et al. 2003
G. †Linobrachiocrinus Goldring 1939
G. †Lorocrinus Webster et al. 2003
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Lorocrinus zanguensis Webster et al. 2003
G. †Morrowcrinus Moore and Plummer 1937
G. †Omanicrinus Jell and Willink 1993
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Omanicrinus secundus Jell and Willink 1993
G. †Ophiurocrinus Jaekel 1918
G. †Pegocrinus Kirk 1940
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Pegocrinus bijugus Trautschold 1867
G. †Phacelocrinus Kirk 1940
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Phacelocrinus bisselli Worthen 1873
Phacelocrinus brevis Moore and Strimple 1973
Phacelocrinus gracilis Troost 1849
Phacelocrinus longidactylus McChesney 1860
Phacelocrinus rosei Moore and Plummer 1938
Phacelocrinus vanhornei Worthen in Worthen and Meek 1875
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Invalid names: Poteriocrinus arrectarius Miller and Gurley 1896 [synonym]
Phacelocrinus wachsmuthi Wetherby 1880
Phacelocrinus wetherbyi Miller 1879
G. †Prininocrinus Goldring 1938
G. †Roemerocrinus Wanner 1916
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Roemerocrinus gracilis Wanner 1916
G. †Scytalocrinus Wachsmuth and Springer 1880
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Scytalocrinus barumensis Whidborne 1896
Scytalocrinus crassibrachiatus Moore and Strimple 1973
Scytalocrinus sansabensis Moore and Plummer 1940
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Changhsingian or 364.70000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (103 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Mongolia (Hovd) Julieticrinus romeo (222971)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9China (Xinjiang) Julieticrinus romeo (124085) Scytalocrinidae indet. (3561)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Colorado) Hypselocrinus bisonensis (3544)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Iran (Kerman) Scytalocrinidae indeterminate, Lorocrinus zanguensis (201824)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Iowa) Hypselocrinus sp. (73163 73273 73274)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Illinois) Scytalocrinidae indet., Hypselocrinus maccabei (5749)
Early/Lower Mississippian358.9 - 346.7USA (California) Hypselocrinus pleias (226745)
Hastarian - Ivorian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Histocrinus sp. (119295)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Iowa) Scytalocrinus sp. (3309)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Indiana) Scytalocrinus sp. (224220)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Indiana) Hypselocrinus indianensis, Hypselocrinus sp. (2455) Scytalocrinus decadactylus, Hypselocrinus hoveyi, Histocrinus grandis (180968)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Kentucky) Scytalocrinus decadactylus (6203 6205 6206 165191)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0Ireland Bollandocrinus conicus (76517)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom Bollandocrinus conicus (90820)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) Histocrinus coreyi (2208) Histocrinus coreyi, Hypselocrinus sp., Scytalocrinus robustus, Hypselocrinus hoveyi, Histocrinus graphicus (2059)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) Histocrinus coreyi, Scytalocrinus disparilis (699) Histocrinus coreyi, Scytalocrinus robustus (8126 8127) Histocrinus coreyi, Scytalocrinus robustus, Hypselocrinus hoveyi (8119 8121 8137) Histocrinus sp. (557) Histocrinus sp., Hypselocrinus sp., Scytalocrinus sp. (556) Hypselocrinus sp. (558) Scytalocrinus robustus (8114 8115 8118 8120 8128 8138)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) Histocrinus coreyi, Histocrinus stellatus, Scytalocrinus robustus, Scytalocrinus decadactylus, Hypselocrinus hoveyi (37879)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom Anemetocrinus ardrossensis (90831)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Alabama) Phacelocrinus sp. (6769 6773 6777 6780 6790 6791 6792 6793 6794 6795 6799 6803 6806 6807 6808 6809 6811 6812 6823 6831 6841 6847)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom Anemetocrinus biserialis (90822 90824 90828 90829 90830) Anemetocrinus biserialis, Anemetocrinus sp. (90823) Anemetocrinus biserialis, Scytalocrinus seafieldensis (90825) Anemetocrinus pentonensis (90826)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Indiana) Phacelocrinus longidactylus (6963)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Kentucky) Hypselocrinus campanulus (6966)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Texas) Morrowcrinus sp. (90767)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) Phacelocrinus rosei (90795) Scytalocrinus crassibrachiatus (128679 128915) Scytalocrinus sansabensis, Phacelocrinus rosei, Phacelocrinus brevis (128687)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Atrapocrinus mutatus (90798)
Morrowan - Wolfcampian323.2 - 286.0USA (Utah) Hypselocrinus defendus, Hypselocrinus superus, Hypselocrinus cavus (124622) Hypselocrinus secundus, Hypselocrinus defendus (124620)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Illinois) Haeretocrinus macoupinesis, Haeretocrinus wagneri (51191)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) Scytalocrinidae indet. (44411)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) Scytalocrinidae indet. (72365 72367 72368 72373 72374 72384 72385)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Scytalocrinidae indet. (72366 72369 72372 72375 72376 72377 72378 72383)
Rusavkinian303.7 - 302.2USA (Iowa) Haeretocrinus missouriensis (124436)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Oman Omanicrinus secundus (101082 109845)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Indonesia Roemerocrinus gracilis (118268)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Hydriocrinus sp. (119553)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan Hydriocrinus sp. (119554)