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Eupachycrinidae

Crinoidea - Eupachycrinidae

Taxonomy
Eupachycrinidae was named by Miller (1890). Its type is Eupachycrinus.

It was assigned to Cromyocrinacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978).

Subtaxa
Eupachycrinus (type genus), Intermediacrinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Eupachycrinidae Miller
1978Eupachycrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T690

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
superfamilyCromyocrinaceaBather 1890
familyEupachycrinidaeMiller 1890
familyEupachycrinidaeMiller 1890

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Eupachycrinidae Miller 1890
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G. †Eupachycrinus Meek and Worthen 1865
G. †Intermediacrinus Sutton and Winkler 1940
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-09 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Moscovian or 336.00000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Alabama) Eupachycrinus sp. (6764 6773 6780 6791 6795 6807 6811 6823 6831 6847)
Brigantian - Pendleian336.0 - 327.0USA (Pennsylvania) Eupachycrinus sp. (2774)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Indiana) Eupachycrinus boydii (6941 6961)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Kentucky) Eupachycrinus spartarius, Eupachycrinus germanus (6968)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) Eupachycrinus magister (90789 90793)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) Eupachycrinus magister (67682 90795 90796)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) Eupachycrinus verrucosus, Eupachycrinus sp. (90784)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Eupachycrinus verrucosus (90781 90782)