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Endelocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Catacrinidae

Taxonomy
Endelocrinus was named by Moore and Plummer (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: C Bash-u P Sakm]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Paradelocrinidae by Pabian and Strimple (1974); to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Catacrinidae by Moore and Strimple (1973) and Webster and Webster (2012).

Species
E. matheri, E. rotundus, E. torus
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. kieri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Endelocrinus Moore and Plummer
1973Endelocrinus Moore and Strimple
1974Endelocrinus Pabian and Strimple p. 311
2002Endelocrinus Sepkoski
2012Endelocrinus Webster and Webster p. 1045

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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
superfamilyErisocrinoidea(Wachsmuth and Springer 1886)
familyCatacrinidaeKnapp 1969
genusEndelocrinusMoore and Plummer 1940

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. †Endelocrinus Moore and Plummer 1940
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†Endelocrinus matheri Moore and Plummer 1937
†Endelocrinus rotundus Strimple 1962
†Endelocrinus torus Webster and Lane 1967
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, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Wolfcampian or 323.20000 to 286.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) E. matheri (90795 128647 128679 128687 128689 128919 128920 129915 129916 129919)
Morrowan - Wolfcampian323.2 - 286.0USA (Utah) Delocrinus matheri (124622)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Arizona) E. sp. (90773)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Illinois) E. tumidus (51191)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) E. tumidus, E. grafordensis (90808)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Ohio) E. kieri (90868)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (West Virginia) E. kieri (90869)
Noginskian301.2 - 300.1USA (Kansas) E. rotundus (11738)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Nevada) E. sp., E. torus (90756)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) E. rotundus (116097)