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Staphylocrinidae

Crinoidea - Staphylocrinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Staphylocrinidae Moore and Strimple
1978Staphylocrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T745
2012Staphylocrinidae Webster and Webster
2025Staphylocrinidae Webster et al. p. 668

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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
superorderCyathoformes
superfamilyTexacrinoidea(Strimple 1961)
familyStaphylocrinidaeMoore and Strimple 1973
familyStaphylocrinidaeMoore and Strimple 1973

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. †Staphylocrinidae Moore and Strimple 1973
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G. †Abrotocrinus Miller and Gurley 1890
G. †Agnostocrinus Webster and Lane 1967
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Agnostocrinus ornatus Strimple 1971
Agnostocrinus typus Webster and Lane 1967
G. †Dinotocrinus Kirk 1941
G. †Disgregacrinus Webster et al. 2025
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Disgregacrinus aridus Webster et al. 2025
G. †Exochocrinus Burdick and Strimple 1969
G. †Hylodecrinus Kirk 1941
G. †Microcaracrinus Strimple and Watkins 1969
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Microcaracrinus conjugulus Strimple and Moore 1971
G. †Snowycrinus Webster and Waters 2005
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Wordian or 358.86000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Canada (Alberta) Abrotocrinus sp., Dinotocrinus albertaensis, Hylodecrinus sp. (8610)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Indiana) Abrotocrinus sp. (224220)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Montana) Dinotocrinus sp. (12771)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Kentucky) Abrotocrinus unicus (6203)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) Abrotocrinus nodosus (2455) Abrotocrinus unicus (180968)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Abrotocrinus coreyi, Abrotocrinus unicus, Hylodecrinus sculptus (2059)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Abrotocrinus sp. (558) Abrotocrinus sp., Hylodecrinus sp. (556) Abrotocrinus unicus (699 8119 8120 8121 8136 8137)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) Abrotocrinus unicus, Abrotocrinus coreyi, Abrotocrinus manus, Abrotocrinus debrae, Abrotocrinus springeri, Hylodecrinus asper, Hylodecrinus bonoensis, Hylodecrinus briareus, Hylodecrinus sculptus (37879)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Alabama) Dinotocrinus sp. (2710)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Montana) Dinotocrinus otterensis, Snowycrinus stonehouseensis (230495)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Microcaracrinus delicatus (90799)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Illinois) Microcaracrinus conjugulus (51191)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) Agnostocrinus typus (90756)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nebraska) Microcaracrinus twenhofeli (116096)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Oman Disgregacrinus aridus (275572)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Agnostocrinus ornatus (118081)