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Glyptocrinus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Glyptocrinidae

Taxonomy
Glyptocrinus was named by Hall (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-m S Ludl Sepkoski's reference number: 248]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Glyptocrinidae.

It was assigned to Glyptocrinidae by Ausich (1998); and to Monobathrida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
G. nodosus, G. ornatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
G. pustulosis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Glyptocrinus Hall
1998Glyptocrinus Ausich p. 24
2002Glyptocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderGlyptocrininaMoore 1952
superfamilyGlyptocrinaceavon Zittel 1879
familyGlyptocrinidaevon Zittel
genusGlyptocrinusHall 1847

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.

G. †Glyptocrinus Hall 1847
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†Glyptocrinus nodosus Kallmeyer and Ausich 2015
†Glyptocrinus ornatus Billings 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Approximate length of 5-40 cm according to Brett et al (2008), therefore upper level epifaunal.g
Created: 2009-10-09 11:24:58
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:24:58
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Rhuddanian or 470.00000 to 440.80000 Ma

Collections (167 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (New York) G. sp. (333 334)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) G. sp. (26188)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) G. ottawaensis (195625)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (illinois) G. charltoni (195626)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) G. pustulosis (23454)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) G. pustulosis (23400)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) G. sp. (23460 23465)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) G. sp., G. tridactylus (23402) G. tridactylus (23394)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) G. sp., G. pustulosis, G. ornatus (23477 23481 23486) G. tridactylus, G. spp. (23470 23471)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) G. sp. (23092) G. sp., G. pustulosis, G. ornatus (23404) G. tridactylus, G. spp. (23403)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois) G. sp. (195615)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa, Illinois) G. tridactylus, G. sp. (23469)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) G. sp. (26263)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) G. ornatus, G. ramulosus (180117)
Katian453.0 - 445.2USA (Kentucky) G. nodosus (181722)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) G. sp. (383 384)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Pennsylvania) G. sp. (34895)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Kentucky) G. sp. (73000 73005 73006 73010 73014 74826)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) G. sp. (26295)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) G. sp. (72697 72701 72705 72769 72770 72771 72772 72773 72774 72775 72776 72777 72779 72780 72783 72785 72786 72787 72788 72791 73028 73029 73031 73033 73034 73069 73071 73073 73074 73075 73076 73077 73078 73080 73081 73082 73103 73105 192313)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) G. sp. (388 5394 72814 72815 72816 72818 72819 72820 72822 72823 72824 72825 72827 72829 72832 72887 72889 72891 72893 72901 72903 72905 72907 72968 72973 72994 72995 72996 73041 73043 73044 73045 73126)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) G. decadactylus, G. subglobosus (5374)
Maysvillian - Ashgill450.2 - 443.7USA (Ohio) G. sp. (390)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) G. sp. (72854 72861 72862 73049 73051 73054 73056 73108)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) G. sp. (72580 72581 72810 72828 72834 72835 72836 72840 72841 72843 72844 72845 72846 72848 72849 72851 72912 72913 72914 72915 72916 72918 72920 72922 72923 72925 72935 72959 72960 72963 72965 72966 73036 73039 73120 73121 73122 73123 73124 73125)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) G. sp. (73100)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) G. sp. (392 393)
Hirnantian - Rhuddanian445.2 - 440.8Canada (Québec) G. sp. (24387)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Canada (Québec) G. sp. (24349 24372)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Russian Federation (Siberia) G. elegans (206465 206484 206541 206542)
Alexandrian443.4 - 436.0Canada (Québec) G. sp. (24447)