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Scyphocrinites

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Scyphocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Scyphocrinites was named by Zenker (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl D Gedi-u]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Scyphocrinitidae.

It was assigned to Scyphocrinitidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Monobathrida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
S. elegans, S. excavatus, S. subornatus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Scyphocrinites Zenker
1879Camarocrinus Hall
1978Scyphocrinites Ubaghs et al. p. T488
2002Camarocrinus Sepkoski
2002Scyphocrinites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderGlyptocrininaMoore 1952
superfamilyMelocrinitacead'Orbigny 1852
familyScyphocrinitidaeJaekel 1918
genusScyphocrinitesZenker 1833

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.

G. †Scyphocrinites Zenker 1833
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Invalid names: Camarocrinus Hall 1879 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Stem lengths of 50-100 cm according to Brett (1984), therefore upper level epifaunal.g
Created: 2009-10-09 11:40:06
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:40:06
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Pridoli to the top of the Pragian or 423.00000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Oklahoma) S. sp. (528)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2Western Sahara S. sp. (27340)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2China (Yunnan) Camarocrinus asiaticus (27854)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Algeria S. elegans (27154 27200 27211) S. sp. (27213)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Morocco S. elegans (27336 27367 27387 27392 27393 27394 27448 27458 58097) S. sp. (27451 221409)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Italy (Sardinia) S. sp. (26183)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Tennessee) S. spp. (26772)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Czech Republic S. elegans (14039 14040 14043 14073 14076 14080 232620) S. excavatus (13894) S. sp. (14060 14115 14185)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (West Virginia) S. sp. (26825)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Ukraine Camarocrinus sp., S. elegans (13874)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Poland S. elegans (145996 146006) S. sp. (13883)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Austria S. sp. (13914)
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8USA (Oklahoma) S. sp. (26826)
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8Poland S. sp. (13889)
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8Austria S. sp. (13913)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Algeria S. sp. (27201 27210)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Austria S. sp. (26199)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Italy (Sardinia) S. excavatus, S. elegans, S. subornatus (26165)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Mauritania S. elegans (27173)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Morocco S. elegans (27390)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Czech Republic S. elegans, S. excavatus (14117)
Helderbergian - Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine Camarocrinus sp., S. elegans (13875)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation S. excavatus (193031)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Spain (Palencia) S. sp. (40346)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Tennessee) S. sp. (26852)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Poland S. elegans (13880) S. sp. (13890)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (New York) S. sp. (26689)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Canada (Quebec) Camarocrinus sp. (654)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Kazakhstan S. elegans (13975) S. sp. (24743)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Czech Republic S. elegans, S. subornatus (14132 14133) S. sp. (13895 13897 14042 14044 14081 14116 14118)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Italy (Sardinia) S. elegans (26189)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco S. sp. (208258)