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Orthocrinidae

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Orthocrinidae

Taxonomy
Orthocrinidae was named by Jaekel (1918). It is not extant. Its type is Orthocrinus.

It was assigned to Dimerocrinitacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978).

Subtaxa
Orthocrinus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Orthocrinidae Jaekel
1978Orthocrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T439

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderDiplobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
superfamilyDimerocrinitaceavon Zittel 1879
familyOrthocrinidaeJaekel 1918
familyOrthocrinidaeJaekel 1918

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. †Orthocrinidae Jaekel 1918
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G. †Orthocrinus Jaekel 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available