Among fossiliferous marine facies, deposits rich in stalked echinoderms, particularly
encrinites, have long been suspected to be susceptible to taphonomic biases because intact …

Isolated ossicles representing completely disarticulated individuals constitute a major
portion of the crinoid fossil record. Despite this, individual plates are often under-utilized in …

Crinoids were a common component of Paleozoic benthic paleocommunities, yet they have
been under-utilized in paleoecological analyses. Recent efforts to incorporate disarticulated …

Previous comparative taphonomic studies have convincingly demonstrated that the
taphonomic state of crinoid fossils is controlled largely by paleoenvironmental processes …

Taphonomic analysis of more than 3000 specimens of crinoids and blastoids from 14
localities from south-central Kentucky and north-central Tennessee reveals differences in …

During the Carboniferous, crinoids were commonly so abundant that their skeletal ossicles
formed limestones termed encrinites. Major evolutionary changes occurred within the …

Rapid burial of crinoids commonly is responsible for spectacular preservation of articulated
specimens. However, some Paleozoic crinoids, especially large-calyx (≈ camerate) …

A 50-cm mudstone interval within the Upper Pennsylvanian Barnsdall Formation, exposed
near Copan, Washington County, northeastern Oklahoma, records prodeltaic distal shelf …

Abstract The lower Silurian Brassfield Formation crops out throughout eastern midcontinent
North America as a prominent carbonate deposit representing a variety of shoal to shallow …

Development of a phylogenetic classification has been a primary pursuit of crinoid
paleontologists during the 20th century. Wachsmuth and Springer and Bather vigorously …