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Atopocrinidae

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Atopocrinidae

Taxonomy
Atopocrinidae was named by Messing (2011) [Family based on comatulid crinoid Atopocrinus Clark 1912, both homonyms for the disparid crinoid genus Atopocrinus Lane 1970 and family Atopocrinidae Warn and Strimple 1977.]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Comatulidina by Hess and Messing (2011).

Subtaxa
Atopocrinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Atopocrinidae Hess and Messing p. T21
2011Atopocrinidae Messing p. T146

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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
familyAtopocrinidaeMessing 2011
familyAtopocrinidaeMessing 2011

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. Atopocrinidae Messing 2011
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G. Atopocrinus Clark 1912
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Atopocrinus sibogae Clark 1912 [crinoid]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available