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Scytalocrinidae
Taxonomy
Scytalocrinidae was named by Moore and Laudon (1943). It is not extant. Its type is Scytalocrinus. It is the type family of Scytalocrinacea.
It was assigned to Poteriocrinina by Campbell and Bein (1971); to Scytalocrinacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Arendt (1981), Webster et al. (1999), Kammer and Roeser (2012); and to Scytalocrinoidea by Webster et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Poteriocrinina by Campbell and Bein (1971); to Scytalocrinacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Arendt (1981), Webster et al. (1999), Kammer and Roeser (2012); and to Scytalocrinoidea by Webster et al. (2025).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1943 | Scytalocrinidae Moore and Laudon |
| 1971 | Scytalocrinidae Campbell and Bein p. 422 |
| 1978 | Scytalocrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T639 |
| 1981 | Scytalocrinidae Arendt p. 5 |
| 1999 | Scytalocrinidae Webster et al. p. 470 |
| 2012 | Scytalocrinidae Kammer and Roeser p. 476 |
| 2025 | Scytalocrinidae Webster et al. p. 669 |
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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. †Scytalocrinidae Moore and Laudon 1943
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G. †Anemetocrinus Wright 1938
G. †Atrapocrinus Strimple 1975
G. †Bollandocrinus
G. †Haeretocrinus Moore and Pulmmer 1940
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†Haeretocrinus missouriensis Moore and Plummer 1940
†Haeretocrinus wagneri Strimple and Moore 1971
G. †Histocrinus Kirk 1940
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†Histocrinus aegina Hall 1863
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Invalid names: Decadocrinus baumgardneri Laudon and Beane 1937 [synonym]
†Histocrinus grandis Wachsmuth and Springer 1880
†Histocrinus graphicus Miller and Gurley 1890
†Histocrinus juvenis Meek and Worthen 1869
G. †Hydriocrinus Trautschold 1867
G. †Hypselocrinus Kirk 1940
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†Hypselocrinus arcanus Miller and Gurley 1890
†Hypselocrinus boonvillensis Miller 1891
†Hypselocrinus calyculus Hall 1858
†Hypselocrinus cavus Washburn 1968
†Hypselocrinus defendus Washburn 1968
†Hypselocrinus douglassi Miller and Gurley 1896
†Hypselocrinus hoveyi Worthen 1875
†Hypselocrinus maccabei Miller and Gurley 1894
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Invalid names: Poteriocrinus hammondi Miller and Gurley 1894 [synonym]
†Hypselocrinus macrodactylus Meek and Worthen 1869
†Hypselocrinus neglectus Miller and Gurley 1896
†Hypselocrinus superus Washburn 1968
†Hypselocrinus tethys Meek and Worthen 1869
G. †Linobrachiocrinus Goldring 1939
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†Linobrachiocrinus kindlei Goldring 1938
Invalid names: Linocrinus Goldring 1938 [replaced]
G. †Logocrinus Goldring 1923
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†Logocrinus delicatulus Lane et al. 1997
†Logocrinus geniculatus Goldring 1923
G. †Morrowcrinus Moore and Plummer 1937
G. †Ophiurocrinus Jaekel 1918
G. †Phacelocrinus Kirk 1940
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†Phacelocrinus bisselli Worthen 1873
†Phacelocrinus brevis Moore and Strimple 1973
†Phacelocrinus columbiensis Worthen 1882
†Phacelocrinus dactyliformis Hall 1858
†Phacelocrinus decabrachiatus Hall 1858
†Phacelocrinus gracilis Troost 1849
†Phacelocrinus internodius Hall 1858
†Phacelocrinus longidactylus McChesney 1860
†Phacelocrinus rosei Moore and Plummer 1938
†Phacelocrinus vanhornei Worthen in Worthen and Meek 1875
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Invalid names: Poteriocrinus arrectarius Miller and Gurley 1896 [synonym]
†Phacelocrinus wachsmuthi Wetherby 1880
†Phacelocrinus wetherbyi Miller 1879
G. †Prininocrinus Goldring 1938
G. †Roemerocrinus Wanner 1916
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†Roemerocrinus artus Webster et al. 2025
†Roemerocrinus gracilis Wanner 1916
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Changhsingian or 387.95000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections (95 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Devonian | USA (New York) | Logocrinus geniculatus (123539) | |
| Givetian | USA (Ohio) | Logocrinus brandoni (38462) | |
| Givetian | USA (New York) | Logocrinus geniculatus (5656) | |
| Famennian | Mongolia (Hovd) | Julieticrinus romeo (222971) | |
| Famennian | China (Xinjiang) | Julieticrinus romeo (124085) Scytalocrinidae indet. (3561) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | USA (Colorado) | Hypselocrinus bisonensis (3544) | |
| Hastarian | Iran (Kerman) | Scytalocrinidae indeterminate, Lorocrinus zanguensis (201824) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Iowa) | Hypselocrinus sp. (73163 73273 73274) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Illinois) | Scytalocrinidae indet., Hypselocrinus maccabei (5749) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Ohio) | Histocrinus aegina (276404) Logocrinus warreni, Histocrinus aegina (236671) | |
| Kinderhookian | Canada (Alberta) | Cradeocrinus warreni (8610) | |
| Hastarian - Ivorian | Australia (New South Wales) | Histocrinus sp. (119295) | |
| Osagean | USA (Indiana) | Hypselocrinus hoveyi, Histocrinus grandis (180968) Hypselocrinus indianensis, Hypselocrinus sp. (2455) | |
| Arundian - Holkerian | Ireland | Bollandocrinus conicus (76517) | |
| Chadian | USA (Indiana) | Histocrinus coreyi (2208) Histocrinus coreyi, Hypselocrinus sp., Hypselocrinus hoveyi, Histocrinus graphicus (2059) | |
| Chadian | United Kingdom | Bollandocrinus conicus (90820) | |
| Chadian - Arundian | USA (Indiana) | Histocrinus coreyi (699 8126 8127) Histocrinus coreyi, Hypselocrinus hoveyi (8119 8121 8137) Histocrinus sp. (557) Histocrinus sp., Hypselocrinus sp. (556) Hypselocrinus sp. (558) | |
| Chadian - Arundian | USA (Kentucky) | Histocrinus coreyi, Histocrinus stellatus, Hypselocrinus hoveyi (37879) | |
| Asbian | United Kingdom | Anemetocrinus ardrossensis (90831) | |
| Brigantian | USA (Alabama) | Phacelocrinus sp. (6769 6773 6777 6780 6790 6791 6792 6793 6794 6795 6799 6803 6806 6807 6808 6809 6811 6812 6823 6831 6841 6847) | |
| Brigantian | United Kingdom | Anemetocrinus biserialis (90822 90824 90825 90828 90829 90830) Anemetocrinus biserialis, Anemetocrinus sp. (90823) Anemetocrinus pentonensis (90826) | |
| Pendleian | USA (Indiana) | Phacelocrinus longidactylus (6963) | |
| Pendleian | USA (Kentucky) | Hypselocrinus campanulus (6966) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Oklahoma) | Phacelocrinus rosei (90795) Phacelocrinus rosei, Phacelocrinus brevis (128687) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Texas) | Morrowcrinus sp. (90767) | |
| Bashkirian | USA (Oklahoma) | Atrapocrinus mutatus (90798) | |
| Morrowan - Wolfcampian | USA (Utah) | Hypselocrinus defendus, Hypselocrinus superus, Hypselocrinus cavus (124622) Hypselocrinus secundus, Hypselocrinus defendus (124620) | |
| Missourian | USA (Kansas) | Scytalocrinidae indet. (72366 72369 72372 72375 72376 72377 72378 72383) | |
| Missourian | USA (Oklahoma) | Scytalocrinidae indet. (72365 72367 72368 72373 72374 72384 72385) | |
| Missourian | USA (Illinois) | Haeretocrinus macoupinesis, Haeretocrinus wagneri (51191) | |
| Missourian | USA (Nebraska) | Scytalocrinidae indet. (44411) | |
| Rusavkinian | USA (Iowa) | Haeretocrinus missouriensis (124436) | |
| Sakmarian | Oman | Omanicrinus secundus (101082 109845) | |
| Artinskian | Indonesia | Roemerocrinus gracilis (118268) | |
| Kungurian | Oman | Roemerocrinus artus (275573) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Pakistan | Hydriocrinus sp. (119553) | |
| Changhsingian | Pakistan | Hydriocrinus sp. (119554) |