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Cupressocrinites

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cupressocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Cupressocrinites was named by Goldfuss (1831) [Sepkoski's age data: D l D Fras-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1065]. It is the type genus of Cupressocrinitidae, Cupressocrinitacea.

It was assigned to Cupressocrinitidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Webster et al. (1999); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Cupressocrinites Goldfuss p. 212 figs. 4, Pl. 64
1978Cupressocrinites Ubaghs et al. p. T656
1999Cupressocrinites Webster et al. p. 467
2002Cupressocrinites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyGasterocomaceaRoemer 1854
familyCupressocrinitidaeRoemer 1954
genusCupressocrinitesGoldfuss 1831

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. †Cupressocrinites Goldfuss 1831
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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: 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 Lochkovian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 419.62000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) C. ovatus (81749)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Russian Federation C. sp. (24737)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (Queensland) C. gracilis (40019)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) C. crassus (81790)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Tajikistan C. crassus, C. scabrum (45831)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Tajikistan C. gracilis, C. trimerus, C. crassus, C. abbreviatus (45841)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Russian Federation C. sp. (24775)
Emsian - Givetian410.62 - 382.31Australia (Queensland) C. abbreviatus (40023)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Germany C. sp. (60129)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Tajikistan C. crassus (45838) C. crassus, C. minor (45842) C. sp. (45825)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Russian Federation (Nenets) C. rossicus (81606)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Vietnam C. acceptus (83253)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) C. sp. (82032)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) C. gracilis (235975)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Australia (Queensland) C. abbreviatus (40021 40024)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Russian Federation (Orenburgskaya Oblast) C. abbreviatus, C. inflatus, C. triangularis (83914)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86USA (Colorado) C. sp. (3544)