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Dimerocrinitacea

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Dimerocrinitacea von Zittel
1943Nyctocrinacea Moore and Laudon
1978Dimerocrinitacea Ubaghs et al. p. T433
1978Nyctocrinacea Ubaghs et al. p. T439
1998Dimerocrinitacea Ausich p. 24
2010Dimerocrinitacea Ausich and Copper p. 16
2021Dimerocrinitacea Scheffler p. 143

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderDiplobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
superfamilyDimerocrinitaceavon Zittel 1879
superfamilyDimerocrinitaceavon Zittel 1879

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.

Superfm. †Dimerocrinitacea von Zittel 1879
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Fm. †Aenigmaticumcrinidae Scheffler 2021
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G. †Aenigmaticumcrinus Scheffler 2021
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Fm. †Dimerocrinitidae von Zittel 1879
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G. †Allozygocrinus Witzke and Strimple 1981
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†Allozygocrinus dubuquensis Witzke and Strimple 1981
†Allozygocrinus exallos Ausich and Copper 2010
G. †Ambicocrinus Kirk 1945
G. †Apurocrinus McIntosh 1981
G. †Becsciecrinus Ausich and Copper 2010
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†Becsciecrinus adonis Ausich and Copper 2010
†Becsciecrinus groulxi Ausich and Cournoyer 2019
G. †Cybelecrinus Ausich and Copper 2010
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†Cybelecrinus ladas Ausich and Copper 2010
†Cybelecrinus nebros Ausich and Copper 2010
G. †Dimerocrinites Phillips 1839
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†Dimerocrinites elegans Springer 1928
G. †Duncanicrinus Jell 1999
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G. †Eodimerocrinites Donovan and Gilmour 2003
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†Eodimerocrinites littlewoodi Donovan and Gilmour 2003
G. †Eucrinus Angelin 1878
G. †Eudimerocrinus Springer 1926
G. †Euptychocrinus Brower 1994
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†Euptychocrinus fimbriatus Shumard 1855
†Euptychocrinus skopaios Brower 1994
G. †Gnarycrinus Webster and Waters 2009
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†Gnarycrinus lanei Webster and Waters 2009
G. †Griphocrinus Kirk 1945
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†Griphocrinus pirovanoi Thompson et al. 2013
G. †Hiiumaacrinus Ausich and Wilson 2016
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†Hiiumaacrinus vinni Ausich and Wilson 2016
G. †Macarocrinus Jaekel 1895
G. †Nexocrinus Eckert 1984
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†Nexocrinus delicatulus Eckert 1984
G. †Oepikicrinus Ausich et al. 2019
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†Oepikicrinus perensae Ausich et al. 2019
G. †Ptychocrinus Wachsmuth and Springer 1885
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†Ptychocrinus mullochillensis Fearnhead and Donovan 2006
G. †Rosfacrinus Le Menn and Spjeldnaes 1996
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†Rosfacrinus robustus Le Menn and Spjeldnaes 1996
G. †Shidianocrinus Chen and Yao 1985
Fm. †Gazacrinidae Miller 1892
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G. †Gazacrinus Miller 1892
G. †Pregazacrinus Witzke and Strimple 1981
Fm. †Lampterocrinidae Bather 1899
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G. †Lampterocrinus Roemer 1860
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G. †Siphonocrinus Miller 1888
Fm. †Nyctocrinidae Moore and Laudon 1943
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G. †Nyctocrinus Springer 1926
Fm. †Orthocrinidae Jaekel 1918
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G. †Orthocrinus Jaekel 1895
Fm. †Tuberocrinidae Scheffler 2021
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G. †Tuberocrinus Scheffler 2021
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†Tuberocrinus lapazensis Scheffler 2021
Invalid names: Nyctocrinacea Moore and Laudon 1943 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:32:25
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:32:43
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Maysvillian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 450.20000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (131 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Ptychocrinus sp. (23477 23481 23486)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa, Illinois) Ptychocrinus sp. (23474)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Ptychocrinus sp. (23404)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa) Euptychocrinus skopaios (275412)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Euptychocrinus skopaios (275417 275418)
Katian452.8 - 445.2USA (Iowa) Euptychocrinus skopaios (138446)
Katian452.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Eodimerocrinites littlewoodi (181069)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Rosfacrinus robustus (201747)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Ptychocrinus sp. (72673 72698 72723 72754 72770)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) Ptychocrinus sp. (388)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Ptychocrinus sp. (72608)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) Dimerocrinitidae indet. (202374)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Canada (Ontario) Nexocrinus delicatulus (26686) Ptychocrinus medinensis (13288)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Ptychocrinus mullochillensis (195254)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Canada (Quebec) Becsciecrinus adonis (202383 202384)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Iowa) Dimerocrinites sp. (456 26711 26713) Dimerocrinites sp., Lampterocrinus sp. (26712)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (New York) Ptychocrinus medinensis (75224) Ptychocrinus sp. (13290)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) Nexocrinus delicatulus (3491) Ptychocrinus medinensis (3487 3492 75225)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7USA (Iowa) Siphonocrinus nobilis (13356)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7USA (New York) Dimerocrinites sp. (26801)
Silurian - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7USA (Illinois) Dimerocrinites occidentalis, Dimerocrinites sp., Siphonocrinus nobilis (13355)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) Gazacrinus sp., Lampterocrinus sp., Siphonocrinus sp. (528)
Raikkula440.8 - 438.8Estonia (Jõgeva) Oepikicrinus perensae (206508)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Estonia (Jõgeva) Oepikicrinus perensae (206510 206511)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Canada (Québec) Dimerocrinites elegans (24416 24418)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Canada (Quebec) Cybelecrinus ladas (202388)
Aeronian - Telychian440.5 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Becsciecrinus groulxi (202386)
Aeronian - Telychian440.5 - 432.9Canada (Québec) Dimerocrinites elegans (24412)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Québec) Dimerocrinites elegans (24420 24423 24424)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (Iowa) Dimerocrinites hopkintonensis, Dimerocrinites sculptus, Lampterocrinus sp., Siphonocrinus nobilis, Allozygocrinus dubuquensis (24963) Dimerocrinites sculptus, Siphonocrinus nobilis (24968 26708) Dimerocrinites sp. (25015 25038 26717) Dimerocrinites sp., Lampterocrinus sp. (26763)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom Dimerocrinites pentlandicus, Ptychocrinus longibrachialis (224104)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Allozygocrinus exallos (202393) Dimerocrinites elegans (202394) Dimerocrinites elegans, Cybelecrinus ladas (202395) Dimerocrinites elegans, Cybelecrinus ladas, Cybelecrinus nebros (202396)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6USA (Iowa) Dimerocrinites hopkintonensis, Dimerocrinites sculptus, Siphonocrinus nobilis, Allozygocrinus dubuquensis (26768) Dimerocrinites hopkintonensis, Pregazacrinus hemisphericus, Siphonocrinus nobilis (26715) Dimerocrinites sp. (26810) Dimerocrinites sp., Dimerocrinites sculptus, Siphonocrinus nobilis (26769)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (Wisconsin) Dimerocrinites occidentalis, Dimerocrinites pentangularis, Lampterocrinus inflatus, Siphonocrinus armosus, Siphonocrinus nobilis, Siphonocrinus sp. indet. (13069 13075)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (New York) Dimerocrinites lilliformis (13053) Dimerocrinites lockportensis, Gazacrinus immaturus (13338) Dimerocrinites sp. (541 12935 13050 13052 26854) Dimerocrinites sp., Gazacrinus sp. (13047)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Iowa) Dimerocrinites sculptus, Siphonocrinus nobilis (26702) Dimerocrinites sp. (25019 25034) Dimerocrinites sp., Siphonocrinus sp. (25032)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Indiana) Dimerocrinites occidentalis, Dimerocrinites carleyi (26787 26789 26792 26794) Dimerocrinites occidentalis, Dimerocrinites inornatus (26856) Dimerocrinites occidentalis, Dimerocrinites inornatus, Dimerocrinites carleyi (26778) Dimerocrinites sp., Gazacrinus depressus, Gazacrinus inornatus, Gazacrinus magnus, Gazacrinus ventricosus (26771) Dimerocrinites sp., Gazacrinus inornatus (26700)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Canada (Ontario) Dimerocrinites lilliformis (26855) Dimerocrinites sp. (26687)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Wisconsin) Dimerocrinites pentangularis, Dimerocrinites sp., Lampterocrinus inflatus, Siphonocrinus nobilis (13353) Lampterocrinus inflatus, Siphonocrinus nobilis (26815)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Tennessee) Dimerocrinites occidentalis (26802) Dimerocrinites occidentalis, Dimerocrinites inornatus, Dimerocrinites carleyi, Dimerocrinites sp. (26788)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Wisconsin) Dimerocrinites sp., Lampterocrinus inflatus, Siphonocrinus nobilis (26701) Dimerocrinites sp., Lampterocrinus inflatus, Siphonocrinus nobilus (26707)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Illinois) Dimerocrinites pentangularis, Dimerocrinites occidentalis, Dimerocrinites sp., Gazacrinus major, Gazacrinus minor, Siphonocrinus nobilis (26770) Dimerocrinites sp., Lampterocrinus sp., Siphonocrinus nobilis (26709) Dimerocrinites sp., Siphonocrinus nobilis (26704 26705) Lampterocrinus inflatus, Siphonocrinus nobilis (26816)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Iowa) Dimerocrinites pentangularis (26716)
Wenlock - Silurian432.9 - 419.62USA (Wisconsin) Lampterocrinus inflatus, Siphonocrinus armosus, Siphonocrinus nobilis, Siphonocrinus sp. indet. (13104)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Australia (Victoria) Dimerocrinitidae indet. (25711)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Illinois) Dimerocrinites sp. (26861)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Missouri) Lampterocrinus n. sp. (26822) Lampterocrinus sp. (26821)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Indiana) Dimerocrinitidae indet. (26688)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Oklahoma) Lampterocrinus fatigatus, Siphonocrinus dignus (26823)
Ludfordian - Pridoli425.0 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) Gazacrinus stellatus, Lampterocrinus fatigatus (26824)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (Tennessee) Lampterocrinus sp. (26772)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Australia (Victoria) Duncanicrinus calvariolus (39131) Nexocrinus wallanensis (39130)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (Victoria) Dimerocrinites bispinosus, Eudimerocrinus eckardti, Nexocrinus sp., Duncanicrinus calvariolus, Eucrinus clarkae (39125) Duncanicrinus calvariolus (39126) Eudimerocrinus eckardti (39121) Eudimerocrinus eckardti, Duncanicrinus calvariolus (39122) Eudimerocrinus gilli (39127)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (New York) Dimerocrinites arborescens (26690)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Tennessee) Dimerocrinites spp. (26786)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia Dimerocrinites sp. (94439)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Argentina (Jachal) Apurocrinus sp. (39230)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62France (Bretagne) Orthocrinus primaevus (81603)
Pragian - Eifelian413.02 - 387.95Bolivia Aenigmaticumcrinus rochacamposi (216907) Tuberocrinus lapazensis (216905)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany Macarocrinus semelfurcatus, Macarocrinus springeri, Macarocrinus terfurcatus (26904) Orthocrinus simplex (74300)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Bolivia Apurocrinus sucrei (139939 140174) Griphocrinus branisai, Griphocrinus pirovanoi (139938)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Orthocrinus tuberculatus (235091)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain Orthocrinus sp. (223347)