单词 | platycrinid |
释义 | platycrinidn.adj. Palaeontology. rare. A. n. An extinct crinoid of the Palaeozoic family Platycrinidae (or Platycrinitidae), typically having broad, flattened radial and basal plates.Since the genus name Platycrinites has priority over Platycrinus, the family name Platycrinitidae is strictly more correct. ΚΠ 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Platy- Platycrinid, n. 1991 Paleobiology 17 400 The sudden and drastic decline of numerically dominant platycrinids and batocrinids in eastern North America suggests a mass extinction, but is better interpreted as a range contraction and loss of dominance. B. adj. Of or relating to the family Platycrinidae (or Platycrinitidae). ΚΠ 1939 Jrnl. Palaeontol. 13 228 (heading) Platycrinid columnals in Lower Permian limestone of western Texas. 1965 Jrnl. Palaeontol. 39 1207 (heading) Plate growth in some platycrinid crinoids. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1895 |
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