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Porocrinus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5430121https://www.gbif.org/species/5430121
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)32340https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=32340
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Porocrinus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Porocrinida : Porocrinus
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
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata
-Cladida
superorderPorocrinoideaWright et al. 2017
orderPorocrinida
genusPorocrinusBillings 1857
Scientific NamePorocrinus Billings, 1857
Name Published InRep. Progress Geol. Surv. Canada, 1853-56
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Porocrinusgenusbelongs to Porocrinidaestated with evidenceAusich, 1998
Porocrinusgenusbelongs to Cladidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Porocrinusgenusbelongs to Porocrinidaestated without evidenceWright et al., 2019
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance470 - 458 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Echinodermata)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Cladida)
Visionblind (based on Crinoidea)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Cladida)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh 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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Porocrinus bromidensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Porocrinus conicus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
453 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Porocrinus elegans
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Porocrinus plattinensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Porocrinus pyramidatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Porocrinus scoticus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Porocrinus shawi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1857Porocrinus Billings
1998Porocrinus Ausich p. 22
2002Porocrinus Sepkoski, Jr.
2019Porocrinus Wright et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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
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
Rep. Progress Geol. Surv. Canada, 1853-56 - 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
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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