Eucalyptocrinites

Eucalyptocrinites is an extinct genus of crinoid that lived from the Silurian to the Middle Devonian. Its remains have been found in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.

Eucalyptocrinites

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
EucalyptocrinitidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
intermediate-level epifaunalPBDB
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB
Vision
blindPBDB, for Crinoidea
Environment
marinePBDB, for Echinodermata

Time the record covers

At least 57 million years on record.

The record covers at least 445.2 Mya to 387.95 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 452.8 Mya to 382.31 Mya.

Ordovician — about 1 of 140 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 121 of 140 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 18 of 140 occurrencesDevonian454–452 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences452–449 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences449–447 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences447–444 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences444–442 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences442–440 Mya — about 3 occurrences440–437 Mya — about 9 occurrences437–435 Mya — about 12 occurrences435–432 Mya — about 19 occurrences432–430 Mya — about 33 occurrences430–427 Mya — about 24 occurrences427–425 Mya — about 11 occurrences425–422 Mya — about 6 occurrences422–420 Mya — about 2 occurrences420–418 Mya — about 3 occurrences418–415 Mya — about 3 occurrences415–413 Mya — about 3 occurrences413–410 Mya — about 4 occurrences410–408 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences408–405 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences405–403 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences403–400 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences400–398 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences388–386 Mya — about 3 occurrences386–383 Mya — about 1 occurrence383–381 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences445.2 Mya387.95 Mya454 Mya381 Mya

140 occurrences of Eucalyptocrinites on record, most of them in the Silurian. 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

140 occurrences

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. More on what this infers.

Found in

39 formations

Racine — 42.73°N, 87.78°WRacine — 42.88°N, 88.04°WRacine — 43.05°N, 88.01°WRacine — 43.01°N, 88.38°WRacine — 42.00°N, 88.00°WRacine — 41.85°N, 87.65°WScotch Grove — 42.17°N, 91.11°WScotch Grove — 42.00°N, 91.00°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°WWaldron Shale — 39.00°N, 86.00°WWaldron Shale — 39.45°N, 85.67°WWaldron Shale — 39.44°N, 85.64°WWaldron Shale — 39.44°N, 85.67°WJupiter — 49.47°N, 63.62°WJupiter — 49.38°N, 63.60°WJupiter — 49.20°N, 62.90°WJupiter — 49.50°N, 63.30°WRochester Shale — 43.15°N, 77.62°WRochester Shale — 43.15°N, 77.06°WRochester Shale — 43.20°N, 77.53°WRochester Shale — 43.10°N, 79.06°WRochester Shale — 43.17°N, 78.68°WChicotte — 49.38°N, 63.60°WChicotte — 49.34°N, 63.26°WHenryhouse — 35.08°N, 98.24°WHenryhouse — 34.73°N, 96.63°WHenryhouse — 34.37°N, 97.00°WWayne — 36.08°N, 87.00°WWayne — 35.38°N, 88.00°WLoogh — 50.24°N, 6.71°ELoogh — 50.31°N, 6.71°EIrondequoit Limestone — 43.21°N, 77.58°WGasport Limstone — 43.20°N, 78.58°WLaurel Limestone — 39.43°N, 85.63°WLaurel — 39.50°N, 85.47°WOsgood — 39.07°N, 85.25°WLockport — 43.15°N, 77.62°WLouisville Limestone — 40.55°N, 84.57°WCelechovice Limestone — 49.57°N, 17.25°EGlenmark Shale — 43.15°N, 77.06°WRockway — 43.15°N, 77.06°WGasport Limestone — 43.20°N, 78.58°WGower — 41.51°N, 90.58°WKopanina — 49.96°N, 14.18°ERacine Dolomite — 41.57°N, 87.60°WDecatur Limestone — 35.65°N, 88.13°W

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The named rock units Eucalyptocrinites has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 15 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 17 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Eucalyptocrinites and its relatives

Silurian

Where Eucalyptocrinites and its relatives were recorded in the Silurian.

Found in the same rock

1,111 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 98 sites for Eucalyptocrinites, and this reads all 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

31 references

Each of the 140 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. 19 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 Eucalyptocrinites

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Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
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3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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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. Goldfuss 1831