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Dichocrinus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4874283	https://www.gbif.org/species/4874283
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	31750	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=31750

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Dichocrinidae : Dichocrinus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Monobathrida : Dichocrinidae : Dichocrinus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata	Klein 1754
subphylum	Crinozoa	Matsumoto 1929
class	Crinoidea	Miller 1821
subclass	Camerata	Wachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclass	Eucamerata	Cole 2017
order	Monobathrida	Moore and Laudon 1943
suborder	Compsocrinina	Ubaghs 1978
superfamily	Hexacrinitoidea	Wachsmuth and Springer 1885
family	Dichocrinidae	Miller 1889
subfamily	Dichocrininae	Miller 1889
genus	Dichocrinus	Munster 1839

Scientific Name

Dichocrinus Munster, 1839

Name Published In

Beitr. zur Petref., 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Dichocrinus	genus	belongs to Dichocrininae	stated with evidence	Webster and Jell, 1999
Dichocrinus	genus	belongs to Monobathrida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

359 - 354 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

269 - 265 Ma
Permian

Environment

marine (based on Echinodermata)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Monobathrida)

Vision

blind (based on Crinoidea)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Monobathrida)

Reproduction

dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)

Ontogeny

accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite (based on Crinoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Dichocrinus angustus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus australis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Dichocrinus cirrifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus cornigerus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus coxanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus crassitestis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus crassitestus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus darlingtonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Dichocrinus delicatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus dichotomus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus dilatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus ficus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus gerringgongensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Dichocrinus girtyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus gracilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus hamiltonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus huntsvillae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus inornatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus irregularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus labyrinthus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus laevis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus laudoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus nola ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	306 Ma Carboniferous	306 Ma Carboniferous
Dichocrinus oblongus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus ornatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus parvulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus pendens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus plicatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus polydactylus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus quadriceptatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus scitulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus shamsensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus simplex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dichocrinus superstes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Dichocrinites Geinitz, 1846	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Dichocrinidae : *Dichocrinites*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1839	Dichocrinus Munster
1999	Dichocrinus Webster and Jell p. 285
2002	Dichocrinus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Webster G. D., Jell P. A. (1999) New Permian crinoids from Australia, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43 1, 279-340

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Beitr. zur Petref., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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