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Endelocrinus ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Paradelocrinidae : Endelocrinus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Endelocrinus Moore & Plummer, 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Publ. Univ. Tex., no. 3945 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 318 - 315 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 290 - 279 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Delocrinus matheri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Endelocrinus armatura species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Endelocrinus bifidus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Endelocrinus bransoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Endelocrinus grafordensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Endelocrinus kieri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Endelocrinus matheri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Endelocrinus mitis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Endelocrinus parvus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Endelocrinus perasper species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Endelocrinus petaiosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Endelocrinus rectus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Endelocrinus rotundus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 301 Ma Carboniferous | 290 Ma Permian | |
| Endelocrinus torus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1940 | Endelocrinus Moore and Plummer |
| 1973 | Endelocrinus Moore and Strimple |
| 1974 | Endelocrinus Pabian and Strimple p. 311 |
| 2002 | Endelocrinus Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
