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Cupulocrinus

Crinoidea - Cupulocrinidae

Taxonomy
Cupulocrinus was named by d'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 248]. It is not extant. Its type is Scyphocrinus heterocostalis.

It was assigned to Dendrocrinidae by Parsley (1981); to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); to Flexibilia by Wright et al. (2017); and to Cupulocrinidae by Kolata (1976), Ausich (1998), Ausich and Copper (2010), Wright et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Cupulocrinus d'Orbigny
1976Cupulocrinus Kolata p. 449
1981Cupulocrinus Parsley
1998Cupulocrinus Ausich p. 21
2002Cupulocrinus Sepkoski
2010Cupulocrinus Ausich and Copper p. 46
2017Cupulocrinus Wright et al.
2019Cupulocrinus Wright et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
superorderFlexibilia(Zittel 1895)
familyCupulocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
genusCupulocrinusd'Orbigny 1849

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. †Cupulocrinus d'Orbigny 1849
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†Cupulocrinus humilis Billings 1857
†Cupulocrinus latibrachiatus Billings 1857
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 11:52:01
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:52:01
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Lochkovian or 470.00000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections (93 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (New York) C. sp. (334)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) C. sp. (336)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Kentucky) C. sp. (77354)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (New York) C. gracilus (104575 104576 104577 104578 104579 104581 104582 104583 104584 104585 104586 104587 104590 104591 104593 104595 104597 104598 104603 104605 104606 104617 104620 104621 104622 104623 104624 104625 104626 104627 104628 104629)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. gracilis (23436 23449)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) C. gracilis (195668)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. conjugans, C. gracilis, C. jewetti, C. plattevillensis (23454)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. conjugans, C. gracilis, C. jewetti, C. plattevillensis (23400) C. gracilis (23390 23391) C. jewetti (23392)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. canaliculatus, C. jewetti (23460) C. canaliculatus, C. jewetti, C. humilis (23465)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. jewetti (23393)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Wisconsin) C. levorsoni (81283)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. jewetti, C. levorsoni (23457)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. canaliculatus, C. jewetti, C. levorsoni, C. humilis (23402) C. jewetti, C. canaliculatus (23394)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) C. sp. (87819)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois) C. molanderi (195615)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. conjugans, C. graciis (23404) C. molanderi, C. humilis (23403)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa, Illinois) C. conjugans, C. gracilis (23474) C. humilis (23469)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. conjugans, C. gracilis (23477 23481 23486) C. molanderi (23471) C. molanderi, C. humilis (23470)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Nunvait) C. minimus (192778)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) C. jewetti, C. humilis (26263)
Katian453.0 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) C. drummuckensis (181069)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) C. latibrachiatus (202369 202370 202373)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) C. humilis (192276 200139) C. jewetti (207290) C. jewetti, C. humilis (192275) Dendrocrinus humilis (180117)
Katian453.0 - 445.2USA (Iowa) C. crossmani (138446)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) C. conjugans, C. sp. (23405)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. conjugans, C. sp. (23490 23492)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. latibrachiatus (23409)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. latibrachiatus (23521)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. latibrachiatus (23410)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Iowa) C. conjugans, C. sp. (13156) C. sp. (26683)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. gracilis (23522) C. latibrachiatus (23524)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Wyoming) C. latibrachiatus (10446)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. angustatus, C. sp. (23534 23546)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) C. angustatus (13260) C. latibrachiatus (13200) C. sp. (13204)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) C. sp. (72446)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) C. sp. (394)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Indiana) C. gemmiformis (26787)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (Victoria) C. austrogracilis (39129)