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Lecythocrinidae

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Lecythocrinidae

Taxonomy
Lecythocrinidae was named by Kirk (1934). Its type is Lecythocrinus.

It was assigned to Cyathocrinitacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Lecythocrinidae Kirk
1978Lecythocrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T585

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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
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyCyathocrinitoidea(Roemer 1854)
familyLecythocrinidaeKirk 1934
familyLecythocrinidaeKirk 1934

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. †Lecythocrinidae Kirk 1934
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G. †Cestocrinus Kirk 1940
G. †Corynecrinus Kirk 1934
G. †Lecythocrinus Mueller 1858
G. †Tetrapleurocrinus Wanner 1942
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, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eifelian to the top of the Osagean or 390.50000 to 342.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95Germany Lecythocrinus sp. (60140)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86China (Xinjiang) Cestocrinus sp. (3561)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Kentucky) Cestocrinus sp. (6203)