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Dendrocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Dendrocrinidae

Taxonomy
Dendrocrinus was named by Hall (1852) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l S Ludl Sepkoski's reference number: 248]. Its type is Dendrocrinus longidactylus. It is the type genus of Dendrocrinidae, Dendrocrinacea.

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dendrocrinidae by Kolata (1976), Ubaghs et al. (1978), Ausich (1998), Ausich and Copper (2010), Wright et al. (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Dendrocrinus Hall p. 193 figs. 7a, 7b, Pl. 42; 1a-1k, Pl. 43
1859Dendrocrinus acutidactylus Billings
1976Dendrocrinus Kolata
1978Dendrocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T608
1998Dendrocrinus Ausich p. 20
2002Dendrocrinus Sepkoski
2010Dendrocrinus Ausich and Copper p. 39
2019Dendrocrinus Wright et al.

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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
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyDendrocrinaceaWachsmuth and Springer 1886
familyDendrocrinidaeWachsmuth and Springer 1886
genusDendrocrinusHall 1852

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. †Dendrocrinus Hall 1852
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†Dendrocrinus latibrachiatus Billings 1857
†Dendrocrinus leptos Ausich and Copper 2010
†Dendrocrinus minutus Twenhofel 1928
†Dendrocrinus simcoensis Wright et al. 2019
†Dendrocrinus tener Billings 1866
Invalid names: Dendrocrinus acutidactylus Billings 1859 [invalid subgroup]
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 15-20 cm according to Brett (1984), therefore intermediate level epifaunal.g
Created: 2009-10-09 11:47:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:47:50
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Lochkovian or 471.30000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections (86 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (New York) D. sp. (333 334 430)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (New York) D. alternatus (104597 104599 104603)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) D. sp. (23449)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) D. latibranchiatus (23990) D. rusticus (24097) D. sp. (24102)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) D. sp. (23454)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) D. sp. (23400)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) D. sp. (23457)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) D. sp. (23402)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) D. acutidactylus (23472 23477 23481)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) D. acutidactylus (23403 23404)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa, Illinois) D. acutidactylus (23474)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) D. sp. (433)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) D. gregarius, D. similis, D. rusticus (180117) D. simcoensis (192275 200125) D. sp. (192277)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) D. acutidactylus (181082) D. latibrachiatus (182446) D. minutus (202373)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) D. sp. (383)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) D. alternatus (26293)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) D. sp. (23521)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) D. sp. (23409)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) D. sp. (23410)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Wyoming) D. sp. (10446)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) D. sp. (388)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) D. oswegoensis (23524) D. oswegoensis, D. sp. (23522)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Wyoming) D. sp. (35350)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) D. sp. (377)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) D. oswegoensis (13200) D. sp., D. curvijunctus (13204)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) D. minutus (63675)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Illinois, Iowa) D. curvijunctus, D. kayi (23534 23546)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.1USA (Ohio) D. sp. (392 393 394)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) D. granditubus (73134)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) D. leptos (202374 202377)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5United Kingdom (Wales) D. gasworksensis (3479)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Canada (Quebec) D. leptos (202383)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (New York) D. aphelos, D. bactronodosus (26773) D. sp. (451) D. ursae (13290)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) D. parvus (3490 3493 13289)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7USA (New York) D. sp. (26801)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6USA (Ohio) D. daytonensis (22964)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6USA (New York) D. longidactylus (82547)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom D. extensidiscus, D. sp. (224104)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) D. sp. (202393 202396)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (New York) D. sp. (26863 26864)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Tennessee) D. sp. (26802)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (New York) D. longidactylus (12932 12933 12936 13047 13050) D. sp. (541 12934 13051 26854)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Canada (Ontario) D. sp. (26855) D. spp. (26687)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Australia (Victoria) D. saundersi (25711)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Australia (Victoria) D. arrugius (39134 39136 39142) D. sp. (39145)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Australia (Victoria) D. saundersi (39131)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (New York) D. sp. (26690)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (Victoria) D. arrugius (39125)