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Cupressocrinites
Classification
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Subphylum:
Crinozoa
Class:
Crinoidea
Subclass:
Inadunata
Order:
Cladida
Suborder:
Poteriocrinina
Superfamily:
Cupressocrinitacea
Family:
Cupressocrinitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cupressocrinites GOLDFUSS, 1831, p. 212
Type Species:
C. crassus, SD Wachsmuth & SPRINGER, 1886, p. 105
Images
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Fig. 430, 2a-d. { ^{* C. crassus, M.Dev., Ger., 2a-c, lat. view of crown, ventral and dorsal views of cup, x1.5, 2 d, ventral view of brachials and pinnules, x3 (Schultze, 1867).-Fig. 430, 2e-g. C. abbreviatus Goldfuss, M.Dev., Ger., 2 e, lat. view of crown, x1, 2 f, dorsal view of cup, x1, 2 g, ventral view of cup and orals, x1 (Schultze, 1867).- Fig. 430, 2 h. Plate diagram for genus (radials black) (Moore, n).
Synonyms
Cupressocrinus; Cypellocrinites; Cypressocrinites; Cypellocrinus; Halocrinites; Halocrinus; Procupressocrinus; Aviadocrinus
Geographic Distribution
Eu. (Ger.-Spain-Belg.-Eng.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Cup cone to bowl shaped, symmetrical, without anal plates; infrabasals low, fused; radial facets wide (plenary) with large axial nerve canal. Tegmen with flattened orals enclosing ambulacral tracts from arms; posterior oral madreporitic; anal sac small. Five massive arms uniserial, with delicate pinnules covering deep ambulacral grooves.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Subphylum:
Crinozoa
Class:
Crinoidea
Subclass:
Inadunata
Order:
Cladida
Suborder:
Poteriocrinina
Superfamily:
Cupressocrinitacea
Family:
Cupressocrinitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cupressocrinites GOLDFUSS, 1831, p. 212
Type Species:
C. crassus, SD Wachsmuth & SPRINGER, 1886, p. 105
Images
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Fig. 430, 2a-d. { ^{* C. crassus, M.Dev., Ger., 2a-c, lat. view of crown, ventral and dorsal views of cup, x1.5, 2 d, ventral view of brachials and pinnules, x3 (Schultze, 1867).-Fig. 430, 2e-g. C. abbreviatus Goldfuss, M.Dev., Ger., 2 e, lat. view of crown, x1, 2 f, dorsal view of cup, x1, 2 g, ventral view of cup and orals, x1 (Schultze, 1867).- Fig. 430, 2 h. Plate diagram for genus (radials black) (Moore, n).
Synonyms
Cupressocrinus; Cypellocrinites; Cypressocrinites; Cypellocrinus; Halocrinites; Halocrinus; Procupressocrinus; Aviadocrinus
Geographic Distribution
Eu. (Ger.-Spain-Belg.-Eng.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Cup cone to bowl shaped, symmetrical, without anal plates; infrabasals low, fused; radial facets wide (plenary) with large axial nerve canal. Tegmen with flattened orals enclosing ambulacral tracts from arms; posterior oral madreporitic; anal sac small. Five massive arms uniserial, with delicate pinnules covering deep ambulacral grooves.