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Melocrinitacea

Crinoidea - Monobathrida

Taxonomy
Melocrinitacea was named by d'Orbigny (1852). It is not extant. Its type is Melocrinus.

It was assigned to Glyptocrinina by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Ausich (1998), Ausich and Copper (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Melocrinitacea d'Orbigny
1978Melocrinitacea Ubaghs et al. p. T487
1998Melocrinitacea Ausich p. 25
2010Melocrinitacea Ausich and Copper p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderGlyptocrininaMoore 1952
superfamilyMelocrinitacead'Orbigny 1852
superfamilyMelocrinitacead'Orbigny 1852

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.

Superfm. †Melocrinitacea d'Orbigny 1852
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G. †Cytocrinus Roemer 1860
Fm. †Melocrinitidae Wachsmuth and Springer
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G. †Alisocrinus Kirk 1929
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Alisocrinus carleyi Hall 1863
G. †Ctenocrinus Bronn 1840
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Invalid names: Mariacrinus Hall 1858 [synonym]
G. †Melocrinites Goldfuss 1831
G. †Melocrinus Agassiz 1836
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Melocrinus ornatus Goldring 1936
G. †Promelocrinus Jaekel 1902
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Invalid names: Zenkericrinus Waagen and Jahn 1899 [synonym]
G. †Ronsocrinus Cordie and Witzke 2017
G. †Trichotocrinus Olsson 1914
Fm. †Paramelocrinidae Ubaghs 1958
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G. †Alopocrinus Ausich and Copper 2010
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Alopocrinus parvus Ausich and Copper 2010
G. †Paramelocrinus Ubaghs 1958
Fm. †Scyphocrinitidae Jaekel 1918
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G. †Carolicrinus Waagen and Jahn 1899
G. †Liomolgocrinus Strimple 1963
G. †Scyphocrinites Zenker 1833
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Invalid names: Camarocrinus Hall 1879 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available