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Magnuscrinus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Batocrinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Magnuscrinus Ausich and Kammer p. 47
2018Magnuscrinus Ausich et al. p. 703

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderCompsocrininaUbaghs 1978
superfamilyCarpocrinaceade Koninck and LeHon 1854
familyBatocrinidaeWachsmuth and Springer 1881
genusMagnuscrinus

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.

G. †Magnuscrinus Ausich and Kammer 2010
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Magnuscrinus cumberlandensis Ausich et al. 2018
Magnuscrinus kammeri Krivicich et al. 2013
Magnuscrinus praegravis Miller 1892
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Invalid names: Actinocrinites cornutus Troost 1849 [synonym], Alloprosallocrinus celsus Miller and Gurley 1894 [synonym]
Magnuscrinus yandelli Shumard 1858
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Invalid names: Batocrinus prodigialis Miller and Gurley 1895 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. I. Ausich and T. W. Kammer 2010Calyx shape low bowl or flat cone; basal concavity absent; calyx lower than tegmen (Fig. 2.2); calyx plates very nodose (Fig. 2.1); median ray ridges absent; plates commonly with distinct sutures; basal plates low, with large elongate proximal nodes; radial plates low; first primibrachial tetragonal; rays lobate; regular interrays in contact with tegmen (although may be variable on a single specimen) (Fig. 1.3); CD interray in contact with tegmen (Fig. 1.2); tegmen low to medium cone; tegmen plates very nodose or spinose; anal tube cylindrical; arm facets face outward (subvertical); and free arms 12–25, other aspects of free arms unknown.