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Plicodendrocrinidae

Crinoidea - Plicodendrocrinidae

Taxonomy
Plicodendrocrinidae was named by Jell (1999). It is not extant. Its type is Plicodendrocrinus. It is the type family of Plicodendrocrinacea.

It was assigned to Plicodendrocrinacea by Ausich and Copper (2010); and to Articuliformes by Ausich and Cournoyer (2019).

Subtaxa
Plicodendrocrinus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Plicodendrocrinidae Jell
2010Plicodendrocrinidae Ausich and Copper p. 42
2019Plicodendrocrinidae Ausich and Cournoyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—Eucladida
—ArticuliformesWright 2017
familyPlicodendrocrinidaeJell 1999
familyPlicodendrocrinidaeJell 1999

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.

Fm. †Plicodendrocrinidae Jell 1999
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G. †Plicodendrocrinus Brower 1995
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†Plicodendrocrinus epinettensis Ausich and Copper 2010
†Plicodendrocrinus martini Ausich and Cournoyer 2019
†Plicodendrocrinus observationensis Ausich and Copper 2010
†Plicodendrocrinus petryki Ausich and Cournoyer 2019
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: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Maysvillian to the top of the Lochkovian or 450.20000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian453.0 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) Dendrocrinus proboscidiatus (181082) Plicodendrocrinus observationensis (202366 202372) Plicodendrocrinus observationensis, Plicodendrocrinus epinettensis, Plicodendrocrinus martini (202373)
Katian453.0 - 445.2USA (Kentucky) Plicodendrocrinus casei (181722)
Katian453.0 - 445.2USA (Ohio) Dendrocrinus casei (204994)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) Plicodendrocrinus proboscidiatus (192275 192277)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Dendrocrinus casei (23521)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Dendrocrinus casei (23409)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Dendrocrinus casei (23522 23524)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Dendrocrinus casei (23410)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Illinois, Iowa) Dendrocrinus casei (23534 23546)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) Dendrocrinus casei (13204 13260)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Plicodendrocrinus petryki (202386)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (Victoria) Plicodendrocrinus australis (39125)