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Myelodactylidae

Crinoidea - Myelodactylida - Myelodactylidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Myelodactylidae Miller
1968Myelodactylidae Moore and Jeffords p. 32
1978Myelodactylidae Ubaghs et al. p. T550
1998Myelodactylidae Ausich p. 27
2010Myelodactylidae Ausich and Copper p. 69

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Disparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderMyelodactylida
familyMyelodactylidaeMiller 1883
familyMyelodactylidaeMiller 1883

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. †Myelodactylidae Miller 1883
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G. †Brachiocrinus Hall 1858
G. †Crinobrachiatus Moore 1962
G. †Eomyelodactylus Foerste 1919
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†Eomyelodactylus donovani Ausich and Copper 2010
†Eomyelodactylus foerstei Ausich and Copper 2010
†Eomyelodactylus sparteus Ausich and Copper 2010
†Eomyelodactylus springeri Ausich and Copper 2010
G. †Herpetocrinus Salter 1873
G. †Hyperexochus Moore and Jeffords 1968
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†Hyperexochus immodicus Moore and Jeffords 1968
G. †Musicrinus Donovan 1985
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†Musicrinus bodae Donovan 1985
G. †Myelodactylus Hall 1852
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†Myelodactylus ammonis Bather 1893
†Myelodactylus rotundatus Foerste 1919
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: 2004-02-28 16:34:13
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:33:22
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Early/Lower Frasnian or 452.80000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) Musicrinus bodae (73413)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5USA (Illinois) Myelodactylus sp. (26692)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Canada (Quebec) Eomyelodactylus sp. (202384)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (New York) Myelodactylus linae (26773)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7USA (New York) Crinobrachiatus brachiatus (26801)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) Myelodactylus sp. (528)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6USA (New York) Eomyelodactylus sparteus (76120 76121) Eomyelodactylus spartus (26777) Eomyelodactylus uniformis (76128) Eomyelodactylus uniformis, Eomyelodactylus sparteus (76123)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Canada (Quebec) Eomyelodactylus donovani (202389 202390 202391) Eomyelodactylus foerstei (202387) Eomyelodactylus sparteus (202392) Eomyelodactylus sparteus, Eomyelodactylus springeri, Eomyelodactylus foerstei (202388)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6USA (Ohio) Eomyelodactylus rotundatus (76119) Myelodactylus sp. (22964)
Aeronian - Telychian440.5 - 432.9USA (New York) Myelodactylidae indet. (26693)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Eomyelodactylus foerstei (202395) Eomyelodactylus sparteus (202397) Eomyelodactylus sparteus, Eomyelodactylus foerstei (202396) Eomyelodactylus springeri, Eomyelodactylus foerstei (202394)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom Myelodactylus parvispinifer (224104)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6USA (Indiana) Myelodactylus sp. (26803)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6USA (Iowa) Myelodactylus sp. (26810)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Norway Herpetocrinus sp. (14314)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) Herpetocrinus sp. (13598)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (Indiana) Myelodactylus sp. (26805)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Indiana) Myelodactylus convolutus, Myelodactylus ammonis (26771)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Iowa) Myelodactylus sp. (25019 25044 26812)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (New York) Crinobrachiatus brachiatus (13050 13051) Crinobrachiatus sp. (26854) Crinobrachiatus sp., Myelodactylus sp. (13052) Myelodactylus convolutus (12933) Myelodactylus sp. (541)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Tennessee) Myelodactylus sp. (26802)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Wisconsin) Myelodactylus sp. (13353)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Herpetocrinus sp. (79893)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Illinois) Myelodactylus sp. (26816)
Homerian - Gorstian430.6 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) Herpetocrinus sp. (13602)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia Myelodactylus sp. (14104)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Missouri) Myelodactylus n. sp. (26822)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Oklahoma) Myelodactylus sp. (26823)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.0 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) Myelodactylus sp. (26824)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (West Virginia) Myelodactylus keyserensis (26825)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02USA (Oklahoma) Myelodactylus sp. (26826)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia Myelodactylus spatulatus (94439)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (Victoria) Myelodactylidae indet. (39122)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Tennessee) Myelodactylidae indet. (26786)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (New York) Brachiocrinus nodosarius (26851)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62France (Alsace) Myelodactylus sp. (38802)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62France (Bretagne) Myelodactylus sp. (81603)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation (Orenburgskaya Oblast) Myelodactylus bifurcatus (83918)