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Cupressocrinitidae

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cupressocrinitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Cupressocrinitidae Roemer
1978Cupressocrinitidae Ubaghs et al. p. T656
1999Cupressocrinitidae Webster et al. p. 467

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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)
superfamilyGasterocomaceaRoemer 1854
familyCupressocrinitidaeRoemer 1954
familyCupressocrinitidaeRoemer 1954

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. †Cupressocrinitidae Roemer 1954
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G. †Abbreviatocrinites Bohatý 2005
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Abbreviatocrinites nodosus Sandberger and Sandberger 1856
G. †Halocrinites Steininger 1831
G. †Procupressocrinus Jaekel 1918
G. †Rhopalocrinus Wachsmuth and Springer 1880
G. †Robustocrinites Bohatý 2005
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Robustocrinites scaber Schultze 1866
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 Late/Upper Givetian or 390.50000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belgium Abbreviatocrinites sp. (205311)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Vietnam Cupressocrinites scaber (83253)
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95Germany Rhopalocrinus sp. (60140)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Abbreviatocrinites abbreviatus, Abbreviatocrinites geminatus (235975)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany Abbreviatocrinites geminatus, Procupressocrinus gracilis (235201) Cupressocrinitidae indet. (144265 227413)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cupressocrinitidae indet., Procupressocrinus gracilis, Halocrinites nodosus (101680)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Western Sahara Abbreviatocrinites sampelayoi (81607)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Cupressocrinus nodosus (275563)