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Pentacrinoidea
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| Rank | subclass (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Pentacrinoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1,851 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 67 (3.6%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Crinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Crinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Crinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | D. F. Wright, W. I. Ausich, and S. R. Cole, M. E. Peter, E. C. Rhenberg. 2017. Phylogenetic taxonomy and classification of the Crinoidea (Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology 91(4):829-846 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Inadunata infraclass | listed (PBDB) | 6,491 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Apektocrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1918 | Pentacrinoidea Jaekel |
| 2017 | Pentacrinoidea Wright et al. |
| 2018 | Pentacrinoidea Ausich et al. |
| 2018 | Pentacrinoidea Mao et al. |
| 2019 | Pentacrinoidea Wright et al. |
References
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!
