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Notocrinidae

Description

Notocrinidae is a monotypic family of crinoids, the only genus being Notocrinus, which contains two species, both endemic to the seas around Antarctica.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4305369https://www.gbif.org/species/4305369
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)395684https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=395684
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Comatulida : Notocrinidae
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
-EucladidaWright 2017
infraorderArticulata
orderComatulidaClark 1908
superfamilyNotocrinaceaMortensen 1920
familyNotocrinidaeMortensen 1920
Scientific NameNotocrinidae
Name Published InMortensen T (1918) The Crinoidea of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition. Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903, 4(8):1-23, pl. 1-5.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Notocrinidaefamilybelongs to Notocrinaceastated without evidenceMeyer and Oji, 1993
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Environmentmarine (based on Comatulida)
Motilityfacultatively mobile, attached (based on Comatulida)
Visionblind (based on Crinoidea)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Comatulida)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Comatulida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. L. Meyer and T. Oji. 1993. Eocene Crinoids from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula: Paleobiogeographic and Paleoecologic Implications. Journal of Paleontology 67(2):250-257
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notocrinidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Notocrinus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
247.8 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1920Notocrinidae Mortensen
1993Notocrinidae Meyer and Oji p. 254

References

Meyer D. L., Oji T. (1993) Eocene Crinoids from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula: Paleobiogeographic and Paleoecologic Implications, Journal of Paleontology 67 2, 250-257
Mortensen T (1918) The Crinoidea of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition. Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903, 4(8):1-23, pl. 1-5. - via World Register of Marine Species
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Clark, A.H.; Clark, A.M. (1967). A monograph of the existing crinoids. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (82): 1-860. - via World Register of Marine Species
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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