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Opsiocrinidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4874925https://www.gbif.org/species/4874925
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)367856https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=367856
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Opsiocrinidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Diplobathrida : Opsiocrinidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermataKlein 1754
subphylumCrinozoaMatsumoto 1929
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderDiplobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
superfamilyRhodocrinitoideaRoemer 1855
familyOpsiocrinidaeKier 1952
Scientific NameOpsiocrinidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Opsiocrinidaefamilybelongs to Rhodocrinitaceastated without evidenceAusich, 1998
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Environmentmarine (based on Echinodermata)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Diplobathrida)
Visionblind (based on Crinoidea)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Diplobathrida)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Crinoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. R. Cole and U. Toom. 2018. New camerate crinoid genera from the Upper Ordovician (Katian) of Estonia: evolutionary origin of family Opsiocrinidae and a phylogenetic\r\nassessment of Ordovician Monobathrida. Journal of Systematic Paleontology

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1952Opsiocrinidae Kier p. 64
1998Opsiocrinidae Ausich p. 23

References

Ausich W. I. (1998) Phylogeny of Arenig to Caradoc crinoids (Phylum Echinodermata) and suprageneric classification of the Crinoidea, The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, n. s. 9, 1-36
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Ausich, W. I. (1986). Early Silurian rhodocrinitacean crinoids (Brassfield Formation, Ohio). Journal of Paleontology. 60(01): 84-106. - 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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