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Botryocrinidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8609293https://www.gbif.org/species/8609293
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)203988https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=203988
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Botryocrinidae
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
-ArticuliformesWright 2017
familyBotryocrinidaeBather 1899
Scientific NameBotryocrinidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Botryocrinidaefamilybelongs to Inadunatastated without evidenceLaudon, 1936
Botryocrinidaefamilybelongs to Cladoideastated without evidenceRamsbottom, 1958
Botryocrinidaefamilybelongs to Plicodendrocrinaceastated without evidenceAusich and Copper, 2010
Botryocrinidaefamilybelongs to Articuliformesstated without evidenceAusich and Cournoyer, 2019
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)24
First Recorded Appearance443 - 433 Ma
Silurian
Last Recorded Appearance331 - 323 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentmarine (based on Echinodermata)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Cladida)
Visionblind (based on Crinoidea)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Cladida)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Crinoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. H. C. Ramsbottom. 1958. British Upper Silurian crinoids from the Ludlovian. Palaeontology 1:106-115

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Barycrinus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		125359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian		331 Ma
Carboniferous
Botryocrinus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		23443 Ma
Silurian		388 Ma
Middle Devonian
Cosmocrinus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		5372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian		372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Costalocrinus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		47411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		354 Ma
Carboniferous
Fragucrinus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2439 Ma
Silurian		439 Ma
Silurian
Mastigocrinus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1421 Ma
Silurian		421 Ma
Silurian
Myosocrinus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1439 Ma
Silurian		439 Ma
Silurian
Situlacrinus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1899Botryocrinidae Bather
1936Botryocrinidae Laudon
1958Botryocrinidae Ramsbottom p. 110
2010Botryocrinidae Ausich and Copper p. 44
2019Botryocrinidae Ausich and Cournoyer

References

Ramsbottom W. H. C. (1958) British Upper Silurian crinoids from the Ludlovian, Palaeontology 1, 106-115
Laudon L. R. (1936) Notes on the Devonian crinoid fauna of Cedar Valley Formation of Iowa, Journal of Paleontology 10, 60-66
Ausich W. I., Copper P. (2010) The Crinoidea of Anticosti Island, Quebec (Late Ordovician to Early Silurian), Palaeontographica Canadiana 29, 1-157
Ausich W. I., Cournoyer M. E. (2019) New taxa and revised stratigraphic distribution of the crinoid fauna from Anticosti Island, Québec, Canada (Late Ordovician-early Silurian), Journal of Paleontology 93
web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Gahn & Kammer, 2002 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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