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⇱ Melocrinitidae

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Melocrinitidae

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4874458https://www.gbif.org/species/4874458
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Melocrinitidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
familyMelocrinitidae
Scientific NameMelocrinitidae

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Alisocrinus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		7445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician		427 Ma
Silurian
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Ctenocrinus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		19433 Ma
Silurian		393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
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Melocrinites ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		18439 Ma
Silurian		380 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
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Melocrinus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3383 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian		383 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

References

All genera fossil, refer Sepkoski, 2002. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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