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Sycocrinitidae

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Sycocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Sycocrinitidae was named by Lane (1967). It is not extant. Its type is Sycocrinites.

It was reranked as the subfamily Sycocrinitinae by Arendt (1970).

It was assigned to Hypocrinidae by Arendt (1970); to Codiacrinacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978); to Hypocrinacea by Arendt (1981), Arendt (1996); and to Codiacrinoidea by Webster and Webster (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Sycocrinitidae Lane
1970Sycocrinitinae Arendt p. 126
1978Sycocrinitidae Ubaghs et al. p. T602
1981Sycocrinitidae Arendt p. 89
1996Sycocrinitidae Arendt p. 204
2012Sycocrinitidae Webster and Webster

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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)
superfamilyHypocrinaceaWanner 1916
familySycocrinitidaeLane 1967
familySycocrinitidaeLane 1967

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. †Sycocrinitidae Lane 1967
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G. †Allosycocrinus Wanner 1924
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†Allosycocrinus grandis Wanner 1924
†Allosycocrinus medius Wanner 1924
†Allosycocrinus pusillus Wanner 1924
G. †Koivocrinus Arendt 1996
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†Metasycocrinus piriformis Rothpletz 1892
G. †Parasycocrinus Oyens 1940
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G. †Streptostomocrinus Yakovlev 1927
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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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Visean to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 346.70000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3Russian Federation (Chelyabinsk) Streptostomocrinus tsherepanovae (242073)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Indonesia (Timor) Monobrachiocrinus ficiformis (223631)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Koivocrinus elegans (60366)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Oman Sycocrinitidae indet. (101080)
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 283.3Indonesia (Timor) Metasycocrinus piriformis (223627)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation Acariaiocrinus caryophylloides (242075) Monobrachiocrinus kolvensis, Acariaiocrinus caryophylloides (101532) Monobrachiocrinus oviformis, Acariaiocrinus caryophylloides (90764 101527 101531)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Indonesia Allosycocrinus grandis, Allosycocrinus medius, Allosycocrinus pusillus, Monobrachiocrinus ficiformis, Monobrachiocrinus granulatus, Metasycocrinus piriformis (118268)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4Indonesia Metasycocrinus piriformis (39614)
Artinskian - Guadalupian290.1 - 259.51Indonesia (Timor) Metasycocrinus piriformis (205602) Monobrachiocrinus granulatus (223634)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Indonesia Monobrachiocrinus ficiformis (39608 39610 39618)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Indonesia (Timor) Monobrachiocrinus ficiformis (223607)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Indonesia Hypocrinus pyriformis (132787)