Conometridae
| Conometridae | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Moanametra torehinaensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Order: | Comatulida |
| Suborder: | Oligophreata |
| Family: | †Conometridae Gislén, 1924 |
Conometridae is a taxonomic family of crinoids in the order Comatulida.[1]
Description
[edit]Members of the family are either conical or discoidal, and no not have radial pits or pores on the ventral side of the animal, and lack a dorsal star.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]The family was first described by Torsten Gislén in 1924, who noted that fossils tended to be found at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary.[2] Members of this family have been found in rock as early as the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous, as well as Late Paleocene deposits in Europe and North Africa, and in Eocene-Miocene deposits in Italy, Denmark, New Zealand and South America.[3] Gislén theorised that the family was related to the Upper Jurassic genus Pterocoma, and that these groups may have evolved from the Pentacrinitidae family, or alternatively, the Thalassometridae family.[4]
The type genus is Conometra, which was also described by Gislén in 1924.[3]
Genera
[edit]- Amphorometra Gislén, 1924[1]
- Bruennichometra Rasmussen, 1961[1]
- Conometra Gislén, 1924[1]
- Cypelometra Gislén, 1924[1]
- Moanametra Eagle, 2001[1]
- Rautangaroa Baumiller & Fordyce, 2018[1]
- Vicetiametra Malarodo, 1950[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Conometridae". GBIF. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- 1 2 Gislén, Torsten (1924). "Echinoderm Studies". Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala. 9. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell: 159.
- 1 2 Eagle, Michael K. (2008). "New Comatulid Crinoids from the Meyers Pass Limestone Member (Waitakian (Chattian)) of the Pentland Hills and Hurstlea, South Canterbury, New Zealand". Papahou: Records of the Auckland Museum. 45: 101–129. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 42905901. Wikidata Q58623364.
- ↑ Rasmussen, H. Wienberg (1978). "Evolution of articulate crinoids". In Moore, R. C.; Teichert, C. (eds.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T, Echinodermata 2(1). Lawrence KS: University of Kansas. pp. 311–312. ISBN 081373021X.
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