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Procomaster pentadactylus

Crinoidea - Comatulida

Taxonomy
Procomaster pentadactylus was named by Simms (1988). Its type specimen is SMNS 26993, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zell, J. Fischer quarry, epsilon II-4 (SMNS collection), which is in a Falciferum marine shale in the Posidonia Shale Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Procomaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Procomaster pentadactylus Simms p. 3 fig. 1
2011Procomaster pentadactylus Hess and Messing p. 146

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—Eucladida
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
genusProcomaster
speciespentadactylus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
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