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Cyathoformes β
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Rank | superorder (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Cyathoformes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 478 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 85.8 - 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Cladida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Crinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Cladida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Cyathocrinida β order | listed (PBDB) | 405 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 260 Ma Permian | |
Dendrocrinida β order | listed (PBDB) | 685 | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Poteriocrinina β order | listed (PBDB) | 38 | 376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Apographiocrinoidea β superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 64 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Cromyocrinoidea β superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 96 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 279 Ma Permian | |
Erisocrinacea β superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 146 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Stellarocrinidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 38 | 336 Ma Carboniferous | 290 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2017 | Cyathoformes Wright et al. |
2018 | Cyathoformes Mao et al. p. 1069 |
2019 | Cyathoformes Ausich et al. |
2019 | Cyathoformes 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!