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Encrinus

Crinoidea - Encrinida - Encrinidae

Taxonomy
Encrinus was named by Lamarck (1801) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-l Tr Rhae Sepkoski's reference number: 2,1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Encrinus liliiformis. It is the type genus of Encrinidae.

It was assigned to Encrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Encrinidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Hagdorn (1986) and Hess and Messing (2011).

Species
E. aculeatus, E. greppini, E. hyatti, E. liliiformis (type species), E. wagneri
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. raridenatatus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Encrinus Lamarck
1848Encrina Bronn p. 459
1915Encrinus Clark and Twitchell p. 22
1918Jenaicrinus Jaekel p. 67
1986Encrinus Hagdorn p. 287
2002Encrinus Sepkoski
2011Encrinus 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
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderEncrinidaMatsumoto 1929
familyEncrinidaeDujardin and Hupé 1862
genusEncrinusLamarck 1801

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. †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]
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Bithynian to the top of the Lacian or 247.20000 to 215.56000 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina E. sp. (206722 206732)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Bakony) E. sp. (203264)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland E. aculeatus (63538)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany E. lithiformis (66080)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Hessen) E. liliiformis (38545 44357 44358)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Thuringia) E. wagneri, E. aculeatus (212635)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Poland E. sp. (63393)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Hessen) E. liliiformis (44356)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0France E. liliiformis (187349)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy E. aculeatus (175098)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) E. liliiformis (67647)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Austria E. sp., E. liliiformis (99797)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) E. liliiformis (31610)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Vicentin) E. pentacrinus, E. tenuis, E. liliiformis (87260)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) E. liliiformis (31611 31612 31613 31614 31615 31616 31617 31618 31619 31620 31621 31622 31623 31624 31625 31626 31627 31628 31629 31630 31631 31632)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary E. sp. (81050)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Germany (Thuringia) E. wagneri (212633)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Italy (Udine) E. sp. (201597)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina E. sp. (206734 206735)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) E. liliiformis (201970)
Illyrian - Fassanian247.2 - 235.0Hungary (Baranya) E. aculeatus (181576)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Spain (Cataluna) E. aculeatus (44260) E. sp. (44261)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Spain E. liliiformis (73477)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0New Zealand E. ternio (60994 60997 60998) E. undatus, E. ternio (60992)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Germany E. sp. (67652)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) E. greppini (139346)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Switzerland E. greppini (139347)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Guizhou) E. liliiformis (85165)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary E. sp. (70800)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy (Venezia) E. tuberculatus, E. cancellistriatus, E. raridenatatus, E. ampezzanus (56706)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Greece E. liliiformis (201825)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy E. cancellistriatus (34692 69661) E. sp. (202422)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Nevada) E. sp. (100391)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Nevada) E. sp. (100412)