Family

Myelodactylidae Miller, 1883

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Selection of related publications

Rozhnov, S. V. 2021. Two Coils in the Morphology of Myelodactylids (Crinoidea, Disparida): the Morphogenetic Basis of Their Formation and Adaptation Potential. Paleontological Journal 55, 9, 993-1012. DOI:10.1134/S0031030121090124

Ausich, W. I., Wilson, M. A., Vinn, O. 2012. Crinoids from the Silurian of Western Estonia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57, 3, 613-631. DOI:10.4202/app.2010.0094

Donovan, S. K., Franzén-Bengtson, C. 1988. Myelodactylid crinoid columnals from the Lower Visby Beds (Llandoverian) of Gotland. GFF 110, 1, 69-79. DOI:10.1080/11035898809453122

Donovan, S. K. 1984. Ristnacrinus and the earliest myelodactylid from the Ashgillian Boda Limestone of Sweden. GFF 106, 4, 347-356. DOI:10.1080/11035898509454663

Franzén, C. 1979. Echinoderms. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning 73, 3, 216-224.

List of species

1. Herpetocrinus flabellicrinus Bather, 1893 | Llandovery

2. Herpetocrinus fletcheri Salter, 1873 | Llandovery

3. Musicrinus bodae Donovan, 1984 | Katian

4. Myelodactylus ammonis (Bather, 1893) | Llandovery

5. Myelodactylus convolutus Hall, 1852 | Llandovery

6. Valimocrinus terentyevi Rozhnov, 2021 | Uhaku Stage

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Echinodermata
Subphylum	Pelmatozoa
Class	Crinoidea
Superclass	Pentacrinoidea
Infraclass	Inadunata
Parvclass	Disparida
Order	Myelodactylida
Family	Iocrinidae
	Myelodactylidae
Genus	Eomyelodactylus
	Herpetocrinus
	Musicrinus
	Myelodactylus
	Valimocrinus