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Oepikicrinus

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Dimerocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Oepikicrinus was named by Ausich et al. (2019). Its type is Oepikicrinus perensae. It was considered unknown by Ausich et al. (2019).

It was assigned to Dimerocrinitidae by Ausich et al. (2019).

Species
O. perensae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Oepikicrinus Ausich et al. figs. 3, 4.1

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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
familyDimerocrinitidaevon Zittel 1879
genusOepikicrinus

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. †Oepikicrinus Ausich et al. 2019
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Oepikicrinus perensae Ausich et al. 2019
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. I. Ausich et al. 2019Dimerocrinitid with medium-sized, cone-shaped calyx, smooth plate sculpturing, infrabasal plates visible in lateral view (15% of CaH), anitaxial ridge absent with anitaxis plates broadly convex, interray regions slightly depressed, first primibrachial tetragonal, primaxil pentagonal, no axillary secundibrachial, fixed pinnules absent, 10 free arms, each free arm with one isotomous division, rectilinear uniserial pinnulate brachials, and circular columnals.