| Reference Type | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
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| Title | Ontogenetic adaptations in some Pennsylvanian crinoids |
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| Journal | Journal of Paleontology |
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| Authors | Peters, Janet | Author |
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| Lane, N. Gary | Author |
| Year | 1990 (May) | Volume | 64 |
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| Issue | 3 |
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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
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| DOI | doi:10.1017/s0022336000018655Search in ResearchGate |
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 414900 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:414900:6 |
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| Full Reference | Peters, Janet, Lane, N. Gary (1990) Ontogenetic adaptations in some Pennsylvanian crinoids. Journal of Paleontology, 64 (3) 427-435 doi:10.1017/s0022336000018655 |
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| Plain Text | Peters, Janet, Lane, N. Gary (1990) Ontogenetic adaptations in some Pennsylvanian crinoids. Journal of Paleontology, 64 (3) 427-435 doi:10.1017/s0022336000018655 |
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| In | (1990, May) Journal of Paleontology Vol. 64 (3) Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
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| Abstract/Notes | Three species of Upper Pennsylvanian crinoids, two inadunates and one flexible, exhibit a sufficiently complete growth series to describe and quantify their ontogeny. Apographiocrinus typicalis (Moore and Plummer), Erisocrinus typus (Meek and Worthen), and Euonychocrinus simplex (Strimple and Moore) were collected from the middle shale of the Millersville Limestone Member of the Bond Formation at the Charleston Stone Quarry, Coles County, Illinois. Ten other crinoid species were collected in insufficient numbers for growth studies. Both bivariate and multivariate statistical procedures were used to analyze the growth of these crinoids.In the inadunate crinoids skeletal growth was highly coordinated in the dorsal cup and cup plates. Arm length increased by addition of secundibrachials. Food groove width increased almost three times from immature to adult stages, thus allowing a larger range of food particles to be consumed by adults. Growth of the cup is isometric in E. typus and slightly anisometric in A. typicalis. Primibrachials in both species develop anisometrically. Immature specimens possess long, slender primibrachials, with the A ray plate being longest. In maturity, the primibrachials become equidimensional and equalized in all rays. The A ray arm is followed by the C and D ray arms, and finally the B and E ray arms, in sharp contrast to arm development in disparid inadunates. Pinnules appear late in the immature stage of growth. Primary emphasis on the expansion of the arms in young inadunates demonstrates a rapid establishment of a filtration-fan mode of feeding. Subsequent development involves widening of the plates for strength and support of the arms and to accommodate wider food grooves that permit a larger array of food particles to be captured.The flexible crinoid, E. simplex, experienced a less correlated pattern of growth. Cup plates and arms grew isometrically and all arms were added simultaneously. Development suggests that flexibles fed differently than the associated inadunates and the cup may have played a less important role in functioning of the calyx.The upright, elevated growth pattern of stalked crinoids exposed them to a sequence of competitive interactions with other epifaunal animals that had important adaptational ramifications for their evolution, diversity, and extinction. The fact that most living crinoids, stalked and unstalked, have abandoned a permanently fixed place of growth may have been an advantageous factor in their survival. |
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