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Sclerocrinidae

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Sclerocrinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Sclerocrinidae Jaekel
1961Sclerocrinidae Rasmussen p. 217
1961Hemicrinidae Rasmussen p. 233
1982Paragammarocrinitidae Jaeger p. 76
2010Sclerocrinidae Hess and Gale p. 442
2011Sclerocrinidae Hess and Messing p. 188
2012Sclerocrinidae Hess p. 234

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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
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderCyrtocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
suborderCyrtocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
superfamilyEugeniacrinitoidea(Roemer 1855)
familySclerocrinidaeJaekel 1918
familySclerocrinidaeJaekel 1918

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. †Sclerocrinidae Jaekel 1918
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G. †Ascidicrinus Hess et al. 2011
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†Ascidicrinus armatus Hess et al. 2011
G. †Cyrtocrinus Jeakel 1892
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†Cyrtocrinus nutans Goldfuss 1829
G. †Gammarocrinites Quenstedt 1857
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†Gammarocrinites compressus Goldfuss 1831
G. †Hemicrinus Orbigny 1850
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†Hemicrinus astierianus d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Cyrtocrinus granulatus Jaekel 1891 [synonym]
G. †Neogymnocrinus Hess 2006
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†Neogymnocrinus richeri Bourseau et al. 1987
G. †Paragammarocrinites Jager 1982
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G. †Pilocrinus Jaekel 1908
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†Pilocrinus moussoni Desor 1845
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Invalid names: Eugeniacrinites coronatus Quenstedt 1852 [synonym], Gymnocrinus moeschi de Loriol 1879 [synonym]
Invalid names: Gymnocrinus Loriol 1879 [nomen dubium]
G. †Sclerocrinus Jaekel 1892
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G. †Strambergocrinus Zitt 1979
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†Strambergocrinus remesi Szörényi 1959
G. †Torynocrinus Seeley 1866
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†Torynocrinus canon Seeley 1866
†Torynocrinus globosus Hess and Gale 2010
†Torynocrinus phialaeformis Szorenyi 1959
Invalid names: Collarocrinus Szorenyi 1959 [synonym], Koninckocrinus Seeley 1864 [nomen nudum], Labiocrinus [synonym]
Invalid names: Hemicrinidae Rasmussen 1961 [synonym], Paragammarocrinitidae Jaeger 1982 [synonym]
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 16:27:36
Modified: 2004-02-28 18:27:36
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 166.10000 to 99.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 164.7 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian171.6 - 164.7France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Cyrtocrinus praenutans (225718)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Cyrtocrinus praenutans (225715 225720)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Ukraine Pilocrinus moussoni, Cyrtocrinus nutans (67868)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Cyrtocrinus praenutans (225719)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Rhone-Alpes) Cyrtocrinus nutans, Gammarocrinites compressus (114540)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Eugeniacrinus moussoni (163585)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Pilocrinus moussoni (225669)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Poland (Lesser Poland) Cyrtocrinus remesi, Sclerocrinus strambergensis (213664)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0France Hemicrinus astierianus (59653)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Spain Hemicrinus asterianus, Sclerocrinus strambergensis (55528)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Hungary Collarocrinus pulcher, Labiocrinus minor, Torynocrinus hungaricus, Torynocrinus floriformis, Torynocrinus bellus, Torynocrinus compactus, Torynocrinus sulcatus (66030) Labiocrinus labiatus, Torynocrinus granulatus (66038)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Hungary Collarocrinus phialaeformis (66043)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Torynocrinus canon, Torynocrinus globosus (161933) Torynocrinus sp. (1864)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Hemicrinus canon (161955)