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Merocrinidae

Crinoidea - Merocrinidae

Taxonomy
Merocrinidae was named by Miller (1890). It is not extant. Its type is Merocrinus.

It was assigned to Merocrinacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Ausich (1998); to Inadunata by Wright et al. (2019); and to Cladida by Brower et al. (2024).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Merocrinidae Miller
1978Merocrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T626
1998Merocrinidae Ausich p. 21
2019Merocrinidae Wright et al.
2024Merocrinidae Brower et al. p. 413

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
familyMerocrinidaeMiller 1890
familyMerocrinidaeMiller 1890

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.

Fm. †Merocrinidae Miller 1890
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G. †Merocrinus Walcott 1884
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Merocrinus curtus Ulrich 1879
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Invalid names: Merocrinus corroboratus Walcott 1883 [synonym], Merocrinus typus Walcott 1883 [synonym]
G. †Polycrinus Jaekel 1918
G. †Praecupulocrinus Brower 1992
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Praecupulocrinus conjugans Billings 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available