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Platycrinitidae ✝
| Description | Platycrinitidae are an extinct family of Paleozoic stalked crinoids. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platycrinitidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Platycrinitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Monobathrida : Platycrinitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Platycrinitidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 419 - 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 265 - 254 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Monobathrida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Crinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Monobathrida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | G. D. Webster and G. D. Sevastopulo. 2007. Paleogeographic significance of Early Permian crinoids and blastoids from Oman. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 81(4):399-405 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platycrinitidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Camptocrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 64 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 296 Ma Permian | |
| Neoplatycrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 296 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Platycrinites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 176 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Pleurocrinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 296 Ma Permian | |
| Platycrinus geometricus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Platycrinus multibrachiatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Platycrinus olla species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Platycrinus oweni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Platycrinus parvinodus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Platycrinus praematurus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Platycrinus quinquenodus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Platycrinus verrucosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1938 | Platycrinitidae Bassler |
| 1971 | Platycrinitidae Campbell and Bein p. 430 |
| 1992 | Platycrinitidae Webster and Jell p. 323 |
| 2007 | Platycrinitidae Webster and Sevastopulo |
| 2009 | Platycrinitidae Webster et al. p. 245 |
| 2018 | Platycrinitidae Mao et al. p. 1077 |
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!
