| Source Data | |
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Metichthyocrinus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Scientific Name | Metichthyocrinus Springer, 1906 |
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| Name Published In | J. Geol., 14, 479 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Metichthyocrinus | genus | belongs to Sagenocrinida | second hand | Sepkoski, 2002 | | Metichthyocrinus | genus | belongs to Flexibilia | stated without evidence | Krivicich et al., 2014 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 354 - 345 Ma
Carboniferous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 345 - 343 Ma
Carboniferous |
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| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) |
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| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Flexibilia) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Crinoidea) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Flexibilia) |
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| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) |
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| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Crinoidea) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
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| Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
| Krivicich E. B., Ausich W. I., et al (2014) Crinoid assemblages from the Fort Payne Formation (late Osagean, early Viséan, Mississippian) from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama, Journal of Paleontology 88 6, 1154-1162 doi:10.1666/13-180 |
| Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| J. Geol., 14, 479 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Metichthyocrinus ✝
