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Lyriocrinus

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Lyriocrinus was named by Hall (1852) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Rhodocrinitidae by Brower (1994); and to Diplobathrida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Lyriocrinus Hall
1994Lyriocrinus Brower p. 578
2002Lyriocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderDiplobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
superfamilyRhodocrinitoideaRoemer 1855
familyRhodocrinitidae(Roemer 1855)
genusLyriocrinusHall 1852

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.

G. †Lyriocrinus Hall 1852
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Stem lengths of 9 cm according to Brett (1984), therefore intermediate level epifaunal.g
Created: 2009-10-09 11:36:06
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:36:06
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sheinwoodian or 432.90000 to 430.60000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6USA (Indiana) L. sp. (26798 26803)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (Indiana) L. sp. (26805)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (Wisconsin) L. melissa (13069 13075)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (New York) L. dactylus (12936 13051 13052 26854 81906) L. sp. (541)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Tennessee) L. melissa (26788 26802)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Indiana) L. melissa (25876 26778 26787 26789 26792 26794 26856)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Iowa) L. sp. (26716)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Illinois) L. melissa (26770)
Wenlock - Silurian432.9 - 419.62USA (Wisconsin) L. melissa (13104)