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Pisocrinus

Crinoidea - Pisocrinida - Pisocrinidae

Taxonomy
Pisocrinus was named by de Koninck (1858) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-u D Eife]. Its type is Pisocrinus pilula. It is the type genus of Pisocrinoidea.

It was assigned to Disparida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pisocrinidae by Ramsbottom (1958) and Webster and Rakhmonov (2009).

Species
P. campana, P. pilula (type species), P. sphericus
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. asteriscus, P. benedicti, P. costatus, P. yakovlevi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Pisocrinus de Koninck
1958Pisocrinus Ramsbottom p. 113
2002Pisocrinus Sepkoski
2009Pisocrinus Webster and Rakhmonov p. 236

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
superorderDisparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderPisocrinida
familyPisocrinidaeAngelin 1878
genusPisocrinusde Koninck 1858

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. †Pisocrinus de Koninck 1858
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†Pisocrinus campana Miller 1891
†Pisocrinus pilula Koninck 1858
†Pisocrinus sphericus Rowley 1904
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 4 cm according to Brett (1984), therefore intermediate level epifaunal.g
Created: 2009-10-09 11:47:04
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:47:04
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 438.50000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (528)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Indiana) P. gemmiformis (75266)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Indiana) P. spp. (26813)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4USA (New York) P. sp. (13045)
Clinton439.0 - 438.0Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (5153)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom P. campana (79882 224104)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Sichuan) P. yini (27830)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (Iowa) P. sp. (24963)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5USA (Iowa) P. sp. (26810)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5USA (New York) P. sp. (26814)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5USA (Indiana) P. gemmiformis (26798 26803)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5USA (Indiana) P. gemmiformis (26805)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) P. sp. (13598)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4China (Shaanxi) P. sp. (27802)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Wisconsin) P. spp. (26815)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Tennessee) P. gemmiformis (26802)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Australia (Australian Capital Territory) P. australis (25652 25679)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Indiana) P. gemmiformis, P. campana (26771) P. spp. (26700 26811)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Iowa) P. sp. (25019 25044 26812)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (New York) P. sp. (13338)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Illinois) P. sp. (26816)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Tennessee) P. gemmiformis (26817)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Czech Republic P. sp. (14102)
Homerian - Gorstian430.5 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) P. sp. (13602)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Australia (Australian Capital Territory) P. australis (25680 25682) P. yassensis (25639)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic P. sp. (14104)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (Oklahoma) P. spatulus (26823)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (Missouri) P. sp. nov. 1, P. sp. nov. 2, P. glabellus, P. spatulatus (26822) P. spp. (26821)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) P. sp. (13616 13619)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0USA (Indiana) P. benedicti (6706)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.6 - 419.2USA (Oklahoma) P. spatulatus (26824)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Tennessee) P. spp. (26772)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Poland P. sp. (13883)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Ukraine P. ubaghsi (13874)
Leintwardine421.3 - 419.2United Kingdom P. sphericus (95143)
Helderbergian - Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine P. ubaghsi (13875)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Poland P. sp. (13884)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Czech Republic P. bohemicus, P. ubaghsi (14133) P. sp. (13897) P. ubaghsi (14132)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation P. asteriscus, P. costatus (24741) P. concinnus, P. bohemicus (193031)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) P. costatus (81796)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian410.8 - 402.5Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) P. costatus (81790)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Czech Republic P. kolihai (14137)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco P. sp. (208263)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Czech Republic P. crassiortabelaris, P. yakovlevi (14139)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic P. yakovlevi (14141)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Uzbekistan P. sp. (92635)