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Roveacrinidae

Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Roveacrinidae

Taxonomy

Roveacrinidae was named by Peck (1943). It is not extant. Its type is Roveacrinus.

It was assigned to Articulata by Peck (1943); to Cyrtocrinida by Hess and Gale (2010); and to Roveacrinida by Rasmussen (1961), Kozur and Mostler (1992), Hess and Messing (2011) and Žítt et al. (2019).

Subtaxa

Birgelenocrinus, Calvaticrinus, Discocrinus, Hyalocrinus, Lebenharticrinus, Orthogonocrinus, Platelicrinus, Plotocrinus, Poecilocrinus, Roveacrinoides, Roveacrinus (syn. Drepanocrinus) (type genus), Scotocrinus, Styracocrinus, Veugelersia

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1943	Roveacrinidae Peck
1961	Roveacrinidae Rasmussen p. 360
1992	Roveacrinidae Kozur and Mostler p. 104
2010	Roveacrinidae Hess and Gale p. 444
2011	Roveacrinidae Hess and Messing p. 207
2019	Roveacrinidae Žítt et al. p. 89

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Blastozoa
class	Crinoidea	Miller 1821

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Pentacrinoidea	Jaekel 1918
infraclass	Inadunata	(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—	Cladida	(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—	Eucladida
infraorder	Articulata	(Miller 1821)
order	Roveacrinida	Sieverts-Doreck
family	Roveacrinidae	Peck 1943
family	Roveacrinidae	Peck 1943

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. †Roveacrinidae Peck 1943

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G. †Birgelenocrinus Jagt 1999

†Birgelenocrinus degraafi Jagt 1999

G. †Calvaticrinus Gale and Matrion 2021

†Calvaticrinus integer Hess and Gale 2010

†Calvaticrinus monocarinatus Destombes 1984

†Calvaticrinus subplanatus Destombes 1984

Invalid names: Plotocrinus monocarinatus rotundus Destombes 1984 [synonym]

G. †Discocrinus Peck 1943

†Discocrinus catastomus Peck 1943

†Discocrinus wrighti Peck 1955

G. †Hyalocrinus Destombes 1985

†Hyalocrinus bulliensis Destombes 1984

†Hyalocrinus magniezii Destombes 1984

G. †Lebenharticrinus Žítt et al. 2019

†Lebenharticrinus canaliculatus Žítt et al. 2019

G. †Orthogonocrinus Peck 1943

†Orthogonocrinus apertus Peck 1943

†Orthogonocrinus janeti Valette 1917

Invalid names: Orthogonocrinus excavatus Peck 1955 [synonym]

G. †Platelicrinus Destombes and Breton 2001

†Platelicrinus campaniensis Destombes and Breton 2001

G. †Plotocrinus Peck 1943

†Plotocrinus hemisphericus Peck 1943

†Plotocrinus inornatus Peck 1943

†Plotocrinus modulatus Peck 1943

†Plotocrinus porcatus Peck 1943

†Plotocrinus primitivus Peck 1943

†Plotocrinus rashallae Gale 2020

G. †Poecilocrinus Peck 1943

†Poecilocrinus dispandus Peck 1943

†Poecilocrinus latealatus Peck 1943

†Poecilocrinus pendulus Peck 1943

†Poecilocrinus signatus Peck 1943

†Poecilocrinus spiculatus Peck 1943

G. †Roveacrinoides Rasmussen 1971

†Roveacrinoides nudus Rasmussen 1971

G. †Roveacrinus Douglas 1908

†Roveacrinus alatus Douglas 1908

Invalid names: Roveacrinus carinatus Nekvasilová and Prokop 1963 [synonym], Roveacrinus pentagonus Peck 1943 [synonym]

†Roveacrinus bairstowi Peck 1955

†Roveacrinus communis Douglas 1908

Invalid names: Drepanocrinus sessilis Jaekel 1921 [synonym], Roveacrinus westfalicus Sieverts 1933 [synonym]

†Roveacrinus distinctus Peck 1943

†Roveacrinus euglypheus Peck 1943

†Roveacrinus geinitzi Schneider 1989

†Roveacrinus multisignatus Peck 1943

†Roveacrinus occultus Schneider 1987

†Roveacrinus pyramidalis Peck 1943

†Roveacrinus rugosus Douglas 1908

†Roveacrinus spinalatus Peck 1943

†Roveacrinus spinosus Peck 1943

Invalid names: Drepanocrinus Jaekel 1921 [synonym]

G. †Scotocrinus Kozur and Mostler 1992

†Scotocrinus edenhofensis Kozur and Mostler 1992

G. †Styracocrinus Peck 1955

†Styracocrinus peracutus Peck 1943

G. †Veugelersia Jagt 1999

†Veugelersia diana Jagt 1999

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

high Mg calcitec

Ontogeny:

accretion, addition of partsp

Environment:

marinep

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Dispersal:

waterp

Dispersal 2:

planktonicp

Created:

2004-02-28 17:16:33

Modified:

2009-10-08 14:40:08

Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum

References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Hauterivian to the top of the Badenian or 136.40000 to 12.70000 Ma

Collections (31 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian	136.4 - 130.0	Spain	Roveacrinus berthoui (59925)
Early/Lower Albian	112.03 - 109.0	United Kingdom (England)	Discocrinus integer (161933)
Middle Albian	109.0 - 105.3	United Kingdom (England)	Hyalocrinus magniezii (127277)
Middle Albian	109.0 - 105.3	France	Hyalocrinus magniezii (127513) Hyalocrinus magniezii, Calvaticrinus subplanatus (127347) Hyalocrinus magniezii, Plotocrinus primitivus, Orthogonocrinus apertus, Calvaticrinus subplanatus (127163) Hyalocrinus magniezii, Plotocrinus primitivus, Plotocrinus rashallae, Calvaticrinus subplanatus (127511)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	United Kingdom (England)	Styracocrinus peracutus (161946 161947 161948 161949 161950 161957 161958 161959 161960 161961)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	USA (Texas)	Poecilocrinus dispandus (52126)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	France	Roveacrinidae indet. (59613)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Czech Republic	Roveacrinus sp., Roveacrinus alatus, Roveacrinus communis, Lebenharticrinus canaliculatus, Styracocrinus peracutus (64044)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Germany	Roveacrinus alatus, Lebenharticrinus canaliculatus, Styracocrinus peracutus (212770) Roveacrinus geinitzi, Roveacrinus communis (212771)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	United Kingdom (England)	Roveacrinus alatus, Roveacrinus communis, Roveacrinus distinctus, Orthogonocrinus janeti, Roveacrinoides nudus (71069)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	France	Platelicrinus campaniensis (59776) Roveacrinidae indet. (59584)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Netherlands	Birgelenocrinus degraafi (32177) Birgelenocrinus degraafi, Veugelersia diana (32179)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Belgium	Birgelenocrinus degraafi (97855)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Netherlands	Birgelenocrinus degraafi (32162)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian	70.6 - 61.6	Netherlands	Birgelenocrinus degraafi (32160)
Badenian	13.65 - 12.7	Poland	Roveacrinus sp. (224105)