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Encrinidae

Crinoidea - Encrinida - Encrinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Encrinidae Dujardin and Hupé
1915Encrinidae Clark and Twitchell p. 22
1978Encrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T720
1986Encrinidae Hagdorn
2011Encrinidae Hess and Messing p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderEncrinidaMatsumoto 1929
familyEncrinidaeDujardin and Hupé 1862
familyEncrinidaeDujardin and Hupé 1862

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. †Encrinidae Dujardin and Hupé 1862
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G. †Cassianocrinus Laube 1865
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Invalid names: Encrinus varians Münster 1841 [synonym]
G. †Chelocrinus Meyer 1837
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Chelocrinus cassianus Laube 1865
Chelocrinus schlottheimii Quenstedt 1835
Invalid names: Chelocrinites Geinitz 1846 [synonym]
G. †Encrinus Lamarck 1801
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Encrinus aculeatus von Meyer 1849
Encrinus greppini de Loriol 1877
Encrinus hyatti Clark and Twitchell 1915
Encrinus liliiformis Lamarck 1801
Encrinus wagneri Benecke 1887
Invalid names: Encrina Bronn 1848 [synonym], Jenaicrinus Jaekel 1918 [synonym]
G. †Zardinicrinus Hagdorn 2004
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Zardinicrinus granulosus Münster 1834
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:35:50
Modified: 2004-02-28 18:35:50
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bithynian to the top of the Lacian or 244.99000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (89 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany Encrinus lithiformis (66080)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Bosnia and Herzegovina Encrinus sp. (206722 206732)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland Encrinus aculeatus (63538)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Thuringia) Encrinus wagneri, Encrinus aculeatus (212635)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Hungary (Bakony) Encrinus sp. (203264)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Hessen) Encrinus liliiformis (38545 44357 44358)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Germany (Thuringia) Encrinus wagneri (212633)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Italy (Udine) Encrinus sp. (201597)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Italy (Trento) Encrinus cassianus (202272)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Encrinus liliiformis (201970)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Encrinus sp. (206734 206735)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Poland Encrinus sp. (63393)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Italy (Vicentin) Encrinus pentacrinus, Encrinus tenuis, Encrinus liliiformis (87260)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Germany Encrinidae indet. (34703)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Guizhou) Encrinus liliiformis (31610)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Austria Encrinus sp., Encrinus liliiformis (99797)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Encrinus liliiformis (31611 31612 31613 31614 31615 31616 31617 31618 31619 31620 31621 31622 31623 31624 31625 31626 31627 31628 31629 31630 31631 31632)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464Hungary Encrinus sp. (81050)
Pelsonian - Tuvalian244.24 - 227.3Türkiye (Anatolia) Encrinus cassianus (204511)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Germany (Hessen) Encrinus liliiformis (44356)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464France Encrinus liliiformis (187349)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy Encrinidae indet. (175096 230244 230245) Encrinidae indet., Encrinus aculeatus (175098) Encrinidae indet., Zardinicrinus granulosus (175097)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Encrinus liliiformis (67647)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Hungary (Baranya) Encrinidae indet. (181575) Encrinus aculeatus (181576)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Switzerland Encrinus greppini (139347)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Encrinus greppini (139346)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany Encrinus sp. (67652)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Spain (Cataluna) Encrinus aculeatus (44260) Encrinus sp. (44261)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0New Zealand Encrinus ternio (60994 60997 60998) Encrinus undatus, Encrinus ternio (60992)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Spain Encrinus liliiformis (73477)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy (Trentino) Encrinus granulosus, Encrinus cassianus, Encrinus varians (44953)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0China (Guizhou) Encrinus liliiformis (85165)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Chelocrinus cassianus (163818) Encrinus cancellistriatus, Encrinus granulosus, Encrinus cassianus (34692) Encrinus cancellistriatus, Encrinus granulosus, Entrochus cassianus (69661) Encrinus granulosus (69650 69673) Encrinus granulosus, Encrinus varians (69664) Encrinus granulosus, Encrinus varians, Encrinus liliiformis (137429) Encrinus granulosus, Entrochus cassianus (69688) Encrinus sp., Encrinus granulosus, Encrinus varians (202422) Entrochus cassianus (69651 69660)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Austria Encrinus granulosus (206002)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Austria (Tyrol) Encrinus granulosus (202331)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy (Venezia) Encrinus tuberculatus, Encrinus cancellistriatus, Encrinus raridenatatus, Encrinus ampezzanus, Encrinus granulosus, Encrinus varians, Encrinus cassianus (56706)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Greece Encrinus liliiformis (201825)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy (South Tyrol) Encrinus granulosus, Encrinus varians, Encrinus cassianus (205147 205149) Entrochus cassianus (205157)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Hungary Encrinus sp. (70800)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Bosnia and Herzegovina Encrinus granulosus (206616 206617)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38USA (Nevada) Encrinus sp. (100412)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Nevada) Encrinus sp. (100391)