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Scyphocrinites

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Scyphocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Scyphocrinites was named by Zenker (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl D Gedi-u]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Scyphocrinitidae.

It was assigned to Scyphocrinitidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Monobathrida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
S. elegans, S. excavatus, S. subornatus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Scyphocrinites Zenker
1879Camarocrinus Hall
1978Scyphocrinites Ubaghs et al. p. T488
2002Camarocrinus Sepkoski
2002Scyphocrinites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderGlyptocrininaMoore 1952
superfamilyMelocrinitacead'Orbigny 1852
familyScyphocrinitidaeJaekel 1918
genusScyphocrinitesZenker 1833

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. †Scyphocrinites Zenker 1833
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Invalid names: Camarocrinus Hall 1879 [synonym]
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: upper-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Stem lengths of 50-100 cm according to Brett (1984), therefore upper level epifaunal.g
Created: 2009-10-09 11:40:06
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:40:06
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pridoli to the top of the Pragian or 422.70000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) S. sp. (528)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62China (Yunnan) Camarocrinus asiaticus (27854)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62Western Sahara S. sp. (27340)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (West Virginia) S. sp. (26825)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (Tennessee) S. spp. (26772)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Poland S. elegans (145996 146006) S. sp. (13883)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Czechia S. elegans (14039 14040 14043 14073 14076 14080 232620) S. excavatus (13894) S. sp. (14060 14115 14185)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Italy (Sardinia) S. sp. (26183)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Algeria S. elegans (27154 27200 27211) S. sp. (27213)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Morocco S. elegans (27336 27367 27387 27392 27393 27394 27448 27458 58097) S. sp. (27451 221409)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Austria S. sp. (13914)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Ukraine Camarocrinus sp., S. elegans (13874)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02USA (Oklahoma) S. sp. (26826)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02Austria S. sp. (13913)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02Poland S. sp. (13889)
Pridoli - Helderbergian422.7 - 393.47Austria S. sp. (26199)
Pridoli - Helderbergian422.7 - 393.47Mauritania S. elegans (27173)
Pridoli - Helderbergian422.7 - 393.47Czechia S. elegans, S. excavatus (14117)
Pridoli - Helderbergian422.7 - 393.47Algeria S. sp. (27201 27210)
Pridoli - Helderbergian422.7 - 393.47Italy (Sardinia) S. excavatus, S. elegans, S. subornatus (26165)
Pridoli - Helderbergian422.7 - 393.47Morocco S. elegans (27390)
Helderbergian - Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Ukraine Camarocrinus sp., S. elegans (13875)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Tennessee) S. sp. (26852)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Poland S. elegans (13880) S. sp. (13890)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (New York) S. sp. (26689)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Italy (Sardinia) S. elegans (26189)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Kazakhstan S. elegans (13975) S. sp. (24743)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (Quebec) Camarocrinus sp. (654)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia S. elegans, S. subornatus (14132 14133) S. sp. (13895 13897 14042 14044 14081 14116 14118)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Spain (Palencia) S. sp. (40346)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation S. excavatus (193031)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco S. sp. (208258)