Palaeantedon

Palaeantedon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Crinoidea
Superorder:	Articulata
Order:	Comatulida
Genus:	†Palaeantedon; Gislén, 1924

Palaeantedon is an extinct genus of crinoids in the order Comatulida.

Description

Members of Palaeantedon have an arched to hemispherical centrodorsal, and are aborally rounded without having a dorsal star or depression, or an area significantly free of cirrus. The members of the genus have numerous small cirrus sockets without ornaments, or with a slightly elevated margin near the axial pore.

Taxonomy

The genus was first described by Torsten Gislén in 1924, who included ten species previously included in the genus Antedon. Palaeantedon soluta (also known as Palaeantedon solutus, Antedon soluta or Antedon solutus) is the type species for the genus.

Range

Fossils from this genus are found from the Eocene to the Pleistocene in North America (found in South Carolina), the Late Oligocene in New Zealand, the Miocene (Europe and North Africa) and the Pliocene in North Africa.

Species

† Palaeantedon ambigua (Pomel, 1887)
† Palaeantedon caroliniana Gislén, 1934
† Palaeantedon cartenniensis (Pomel, 1887)
† Palaeantedon danica (Brunnicu-Nielsen, 1913)
† Palaeantedon depressa Gislén, 1924
† Palaeantedon globosa (Pomel, 1887)
† Palaeantedon lineata (Pomel, 1887)
† Palaeantedon minima (Noëlli, 1900)
† Palaeantedon pannonica (Vadasz, 1900)
† Palaeantedon pentlandica Eagle, 2008
† Palaeantedon rosacea (Pomel, 1887)
† Palaeantedon soluta (Pomel, 1887)

References

↑ Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 286.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ Rasmussen, H. Wienberg (1978). "Articulata". In Moore, R. C.; Teichert, C. (eds.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T, Echinodermata 2(1). Lawrence KS: University of Kansas. p. 909. ISBN 081373021X.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Gislén, Torsten (1924). "Echinoderm Studies". Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala. 9. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell: 182–185.
1 2 Hess, Hans; Messing, Charles G. (2011). "Comatulida". Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T (Revised), Echinodermata 2, Crinoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology T(2). Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. pp. 130–132. doi:10.17161/dt.v0i0.5395.
1 2 3 Eagle, Michael Kevin (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. JSTOR 42905901. Wikidata Q58623364.
↑ "Palaeantedon solutus Pomel 1887 (Feather star)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
↑ Ciampaglio, Charles N.; Weaver, Patricia G. (February 2004). "Comatulid crinoids from the Castle Hayne Limestone (Eocene), Southeastern North Carolina". Southeastern Geology. 42 (3): 179–187.

This article about a crinoid is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

[Sepkoski-1] Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 286.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Rasmussen-2] Rasmussen, H. Wienberg (1978). "Articulata". In Moore, R. C.; Teichert, C. (eds.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T, Echinodermata 2(1). Lawrence KS: University of Kansas. p. 909. ISBN 081373021X.

[Type-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Gislén, Torsten (1924). "Echinoderm Studies". Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala. 9. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell: 182–185.

[HessMessing2011-4] 1 2 Hess, Hans; Messing, Charles G. (2011). "Comatulida". Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T (Revised), Echinodermata 2, Crinoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology T(2). Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. pp. 130–132. doi:10.17161/dt.v0i0.5395.

[Aucklandmuseum-5] 1 2 3 Eagle, Michael Kevin (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. JSTOR 42905901. Wikidata Q58623364.

[6] "Palaeantedon solutus Pomel 1887 (Feather star)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 11 September 2025.

[7] Ciampaglio, Charles N.; Weaver, Patricia G. (February 2004). "Comatulid crinoids from the Castle Hayne Limestone (Eocene), Southeastern North Carolina". Southeastern Geology. 42 (3): 179–187.