Camerata (crinoid)

For other uses, see Camerata (disambiguation).
Camerata
Temporal range: Middle Devonian–Late Devonian
Rhodocrinus serpens, a sealilly of the family Rhodocrinidae, 16mm measured along the stem fragment and including cup and arms, collected at the Gilmore City Formation, near Gilmore City Iowa, USA, from the Lower Mississippian Carboniferous (Tournaisian)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Crinozoa
Class: Crinoidea
Subclass: Camerata
Wachsmuth and Springer (1885)[1]
Orders

Cladida
†Diplobathrida
Monobathrida

The Camerata or camerate crinoids are an extinct subclass of Paleozoic stalked crinoids. They originated in the Middle Ordovician and became extinct in the end-Permian mass extinction, and reached their maximum diversity during the Mississippian.[2]

Anatomically, they are distinguished by: [3]

References

  1. Revision of the Palaeocrinoidea...: Discussion of the classification and relations of the brachiate crinoids and conclusion of the generic descriptions. Partie 3 de Revision of the Palaeocrinoidea, Revision of the Palaeocrinoidea. Charles Wachsmuth and Frank Springer, Collins, printer, 1885
  2. Bibliography and index of Paleozoic crinoids, coronates, and hemistreptocrinoids, 1758–1999. G. D. Webster. Geological Society of America Special Papers, vol. 363, 2003.
  3. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Volume T. Echinodermata: Crinoidea. Ubaghs et al. Editors: R. C. Moore and C. Teichert. 1978.

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