Crinoidea

Crinoids are marine invertebrates that make up the class Crinoidea. Crinoids that remain attached to the sea floor by a stalk in their adult form are commonly called sea lilies, while the unstalked forms, called feather stars or comatulids, are members of the largest crinoid order, Comatulida. Crinoids are echinoderms in the phylum Echinodermata, which also includes the starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers. They live in both shallow water and at depths over 9,000 m (30,000 ft).

Crinoidea

Alexander Vasenin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
Sea lilyPBDB
Sits inside
BlastozoaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
upper-level epifaunalPBDB
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB
Vision
blindPBDB
Environment
marinePBDB, for Echinodermata

Time the record covers

At least 504 million years on record.

The record covers at least 504.5 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 538.8 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Cambrian — about 16 of 12000 occurrencesCambrianOrdovician — about 2218 of 12000 occurrencesSilurian — about 1534 of 12000 occurrencesDevonian — about 1866 of 12000 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 3494 of 12000 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 1197 of 12000 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 75 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 246 of 12000 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 270 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 176 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 245 of 12000 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 171 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 180 of 12000 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 208 of 12000 occurrencesPaleocene — about 42 of 12000 occurrencesEocene — about 50 of 12000 occurrencesOligocene — about 4 of 12000 occurrencesMiocene — about 8 of 12000 occurrencesPliocene — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesPleistocene — about 2 of 12000 occurrences550–531 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences531–513 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences513–495 Mya — about 6 occurrences495–476 Mya — about 17 occurrences476–458 Mya — about 153 occurrences458–440 Mya — about 2176 occurrences440–421 Mya — about 1334 occurrences421–403 Mya — about 618 occurrences403–385 Mya — about 629 occurrences385–366 Mya — about 544 occurrences366–348 Mya — about 647 occurrences348–330 Mya — about 1908 occurrences330–311 Mya — about 435 occurrences311–293 Mya — about 778 occurrences293–275 Mya — about 604 occurrences275–256 Mya — about 382 occurrences256–238 Mya — about 392 occurrences238–220 Mya — about 208 occurrences220–202 Mya — about 84 occurrences202–183 Mya — about 156 occurrences183–165 Mya — about 188 occurrences165–147 Mya — about 230 occurrences147–128 Mya — about 85 occurrences128–110 Mya — about 55 occurrences110–92 Mya — about 102 occurrences92–73 Mya — about 64 occurrences73–55 Mya — about 145 occurrences55–37 Mya — about 44 occurrences37–18 Mya — about 11 occurrences18–0 Mya — about 7 occurrences504.5 Mya129 ka550 Mya0 Mya

12,000+ occurrences of Crinoidea on record. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

12,000 occurrences read

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. The read hit its cap, so every figure above is a floor and the shares are of the occurrences read. More on what this infers.

Found in

at least 1200 formations

Edwardsville — 39.50°N, 86.50°WEdwardsville — 39.75°N, 86.67°WEdwardsville — 39.25°N, 86.33°WEdwardsville — 39.00°N, 86.25°WEdwardsville — 39.04°N, 86.50°WFort Payne — 36.71°N, 85.48°WFort Payne — 36.95°N, 85.01°WFort Payne — 36.94°N, 85.01°WFort Payne — 36.78°N, 85.10°WFort Payne — 36.75°N, 85.15°WFort Payne — 36.72°N, 85.36°WFort Payne — 36.54°N, 85.13°WFort Payne — 35.12°N, 87.44°WFort Payne — 36.56°N, 85.21°WFort Payne — 36.88°N, 85.06°WFort Payne — 36.96°N, 85.07°WKope — 38.87°N, 84.46°WKope — 39.00°N, 84.00°WKope — 39.03°N, 84.51°WKope — 38.80°N, 84.16°WKope — 39.01°N, 84.45°WKope — 39.06°N, 84.44°WKope — 38.68°N, 83.79°WKope — 38.43°N, 83.99°WKope — 38.77°N, 84.10°WKope — 38.68°N, 84.04°WBangor Limestone — 34.54°N, 88.00°WBangor Limestone — 34.59°N, 87.63°WBangor Limestone — 34.52°N, 87.58°WMuldraugh — 40.04°N, 86.87°WMuldraugh — 40.06°N, 86.90°WBorden — 38.50°N, 85.92°WBorden — 38.04°N, 85.72°WBorden — 38.08°N, 85.71°WBorden — 38.13°N, 85.78°WBorden — 36.44°N, 88.06°WBorden — 37.70°N, 85.87°WBorden — 38.29°N, 83.32°WBorden — 38.28°N, 83.38°WBorden — 38.04°N, 83.53°WBorden — 37.96°N, 83.67°WBorden — 37.94°N, 83.62°WCallytharra — 25.88°S, 115.50°ECallytharra — 24.65°S, 115.32°ECallytharra — 25.07°S, 115.55°ECallytharra — 23.90°S, 114.94°ECallytharra — 24.05°S, 115.10°ECallytharra — 25.21°S, 115.52°ECallytharra — 23.95°S, 115.06°EStanton — 41.01°N, 96.23°WStanton — 41.37°N, 94.19°WStanton — 37.68°N, 95.64°WStanton — 37.13°N, 95.81°WStanton — 37.00°N, 95.83°WStanton — 37.22°N, 95.83°WStanton — 38.96°N, 94.97°WStanton — 37.70°N, 95.68°WStanton — 37.26°N, 95.77°WFort Payne Chert — 36.75°N, 85.15°WFort Payne Chert — 36.80°N, 85.40°WFort Payne Chert — 36.54°N, 85.45°WFort Payne Chert — 36.94°N, 84.97°WFort Payne Chert — 36.78°N, 85.10°WFort Payne Chert — 36.87°N, 85.15°WFort Payne Chert — 36.69°N, 85.49°WFort Payne Chert — 36.85°N, 85.98°WFort Payne Chert — 36.72°N, 85.45°WFort Payne Chert — 36.95°N, 84.98°WFort Payne Chert — 34.70°N, 85.23°WDenley Limestone — 43.21°N, 75.46°WDenley Limestone — 44.00°N, 75.00°WDenley Limestone — 43.28°N, 75.14°WDenley Limestone — 43.88°N, 75.49°WLudlowville — 42.76°N, 78.65°WLudlowville — 42.72°N, 78.96°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 78.86°WLudlowville — 42.85°N, 78.68°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 78.79°WLudlowville — 42.88°N, 78.57°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.84°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 77.27°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 76.99°WLudlowville — 42.87°N, 77.87°WLudlowville — 42.73°N, 76.71°WLudlowville — 42.82°N, 75.53°WLudlowville — 42.76°N, 76.47°WLudlowville — 42.79°N, 75.62°WLudlowville — 42.93°N, 78.14°WLudlowville — 42.74°N, 78.86°WLudlowville — 42.82°N, 78.68°WScotch Grove — 42.17°N, 91.11°WScotch Grove — 42.00°N, 91.00°WScotch Grove — 40.00°N, 97.00°WScotch Grove — 42.15°N, 90.68°WScotch Grove — 42.00°N, 92.00°WScotch Grove — 41.88°N, 90.55°WScotch Grove — 42.00°N, 90.50°WScotch Grove — 41.77°N, 91.13°WScotch Grove — 41.92°N, 90.92°WScotch Grove — 42.12°N, 91.13°WScotch Grove — 42.48°N, 90.87°WScotch Grove — 41.85°N, 90.18°WScotch Grove — 42.10°N, 91.28°WRacine — 43.04°N, 87.91°WRacine — 43.05°N, 88.01°WRacine — 42.73°N, 87.78°WRacine — 42.88°N, 88.04°WRacine — 43.01°N, 88.38°WRacine — 42.00°N, 88.00°WRacine — 41.85°N, 87.65°WRacine — 41.65°N, 87.68°WLower Limestone — 56.10°N, 3.18°WLower Limestone — 56.12°N, 3.47°WLower Limestone — 55.78°N, 3.33°WLower Limestone — 55.08°N, 2.90°WLower Limestone — 56.05°N, 3.40°WBarnsdall — 36.41°N, 96.24°WBarnsdall — 36.92°N, 95.90°WBarnsdall — 36.91°N, 95.96°WBarnsdall — 36.75°N, 96.06°WDunleith — 42.02°N, 93.45°WDunleith — 37.07°N, 89.57°WDunleith — 42.00°N, 90.50°WDunleith — 43.49°N, 91.87°WBloyd — 36.08°N, 94.15°WBloyd — 36.10°N, 94.13°WBloyd — 35.88°N, 94.13°WBloyd — 36.02°N, 94.23°WBloyd — 35.73°N, 94.48°WBloyd — 35.96°N, 95.32°WBloyd — 35.94°N, 95.27°WBloyd — 35.62°N, 95.17°WBloyd — 35.66°N, 94.99°WBloyd — 34.57°N, 96.59°WBloyd — 35.89°N, 94.30°WBloyd — 35.44°N, 94.30°WBloyd — 35.75°N, 95.21°WBloyd — 35.76°N, 94.48°WBloyd — 36.05°N, 95.34°WBloyd — 36.12°N, 95.41°WBloyd — 36.19°N, 95.34°WBloyd — 36.44°N, 95.30°WBloyd — 35.89°N, 94.17°WBloyd — 35.82°N, 95.26°WBloyd — 35.93°N, 95.14°WBird Spring — 36.60°N, 114.79°WBird Spring — 36.55°N, 115.69°WBird Spring — 36.70°N, 114.42°WGerster — 40.17°N, 114.83°WGerster — 40.42°N, 114.83°WGerster — 40.50°N, 114.83°WGerster — 40.50°N, 114.67°WGerster — 41.25°N, 114.33°WGerster — 40.08°N, 113.83°WGerster — 39.33°N, 113.67°WGerster — 39.50°N, 115.25°WGerster — 40.25°N, 115.17°WLexington Limestone — 38.21°N, 84.89°WLexington Limestone — 37.95°N, 84.74°WLexington Limestone — 37.98°N, 84.42°WLexington Limestone — 37.94°N, 84.14°WLexington Limestone — 37.90°N, 84.27°WLexington Limestone — 38.35°N, 84.86°WLexington Limestone — 37.84°N, 84.59°WLexington Limestone — 37.68°N, 84.76°WMoscow — 42.70°N, 76.75°WMoscow — 42.71°N, 78.94°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 78.68°WMoscow — 42.90°N, 78.04°WMoscow — 42.78°N, 77.89°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 74.70°WMoscow — 42.56°N, 74.58°WMoscow — 42.57°N, 74.54°WMoscow — 42.75°N, 77.01°WMoscow — 42.69°N, 76.74°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 76.34°WMoscow — 42.79°N, 76.15°WMoscow — 42.77°N, 76.03°WMoscow — 42.81°N, 75.91°WMoscow — 42.76°N, 75.73°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 75.18°WMoscow — 42.68°N, 75.57°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 75.48°WMoscow — 42.59°N, 74.96°WMoscow — 42.75°N, 77.15°WMoscow — 42.80°N, 77.25°WMoscow — 42.64°N, 75.27°WMoscow — 42.55°N, 74.50°WMoscow — 42.89°N, 77.28°WMoscow — 42.58°N, 75.40°WMoscow — 42.89°N, 78.52°WMoscow — 42.93°N, 78.30°WMoscow — 42.91°N, 78.38°WMoscow — 42.93°N, 78.14°WQingyan — 26.33°N, 106.68°EHenryhouse — 35.08°N, 98.24°WHenryhouse — 34.73°N, 96.63°WHenryhouse — 34.37°N, 97.00°WBromide — 34.00°N, 97.00°WBromide — 34.45°N, 97.17°WBromide — 34.07°N, 97.17°W

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The named rock units Crinoidea has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. The read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 1,176 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,408 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

1,588 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 751 sites for Crinoidea, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

at least 1,185 references

Each of the 12,000 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. That read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 1,173 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Crinoidea

Credit
Alexander Vasenin
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Miller 1821