After Ausich & Messig, 1998 [“The Tree of Life Project”] and Hess, Ausich, Brett & Simms, 1999
A List of Fossil and Living Crinoid Genera and Species (which I have been unable to associate with other Crinoid taxa)
<==o Crinozoa |?- †Coronata |?- †Paracrinoidea Regnéll, 1945 [Eustelea Jaekel, 1900; Deviata Jaekel, 1918] `--o Crinoidea (sea lilies and feather stars; merililjat) |?- †Echmatocrinus [Echmatocrinea: Echmatocrinida] |?-o †Hemistreptocrinoidea | `-- †Hemistreptocrinida |==o †Aethocrinea Ausich, 1989 [“Four-circlet crinoids”] [paraphyletic assemblage of basal crinoids] | `--o †Aethocrinida Ausich, 1989 | |--o †Aethocrinus Ubachs, 1969 | | `-- †A. moorei | `-- †Colpodecrinus |--+-o †Hypocrinida | | `?-o †Hypocrinus | | `-- †H. conicus | `-- †Disparida Moore & Laudon, 1943b `--o Cladida |?=o †Cyathocrinina | `?-o †Euspirocrinus | `-- †E. spiralis |?= †Dendrocrinina |?=o †Poteriocrinina | `?-o †Cromyocrinus | `-- †C. simplex |-- †Camerata |--o †Flexibilia | |-- †Taxocrinida | `--o †Sagenocrinida | `-- †Sagenocrinites `-- Articulata [non Articulata, a group of Branchiopoda (ICZN rules, article 1 b4)] (modern sealilies; nykymerililjat)
Note:
Echinoderm class Crinoidea contains over 6000 fossil species in over 800 genera and approximately 600 living species, of which 540 nominal species in 142 genera are comatulids (feather stars). There is still circa 60 species of stalked sea lilies, the last hang-overs from the Palaeozoicum. (Hess, Ausich, Brett & Simms, 1999, Messing, ????)
Reference(s):
- Ausich, W. I. & Messing, C. G., 1998: Crinoidea - Sea lilies and feather stars. (Updated: 1998)
–iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Crinoidea&contgroup=Echinodermata [visited: 2002-10-05] - Hess, H., Ausich, W. I., Brett, C. E. & Simms, M. J., (eds.) 1999: Fossil Crinoids.
–Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 1999, xv-275 - Messing, C. G., ????: Charles Messing's Comatulid Pages.
–iNet: Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center: http://www.nova.edu/ocean/messing/crinoids/w1title.html; [visited: 2004-06-08] - Parker, S. P. (ed.), 1982: Synopsis and classification of living organisms. Vols. 1 & 2
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