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Dendrocrinus simcoensis

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Dendrocrinidae

Taxonomy

Dendrocrinus simcoensis was named by Wright et al. (2019) [UMMP = University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology]. Its type specimen is UMMP 74769, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tomlinson Quarry, Upper Bobcaygeon Fm., which is in a Katian open shallow subtidal wackestone/siltstone in the Bobcaygeon Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. alternatus, D. aphelos, D. arrugius, D. bactronodosus, D. curvijunctus, D. daytonensis, D. extensidiscus, D. gasworksensis, D. granditubus, D. gregarius, D. kayi, D. latibranchiatus, D. oswegoensis, D. parvus, D. rusticus, D. saundersi, D. similis, D. ursae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2019	Dendrocrinus simcoensis Wright et al. figs. Figure 5.4–5.6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Blastozoa
class	Crinoidea	Miller 1821
subclass	Pentacrinoidea	Jaekel 1918

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Inadunata	(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—	Cladida	(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—	Eucladida
superorder	Cyathoformes
order	Dendrocrinida
superfamily	Dendrocrinacea	Wachsmuth and Springer 1886
family	Dendrocrinidae	Wachsmuth and Springer 1886
genus	Dendrocrinus	Hall 1852
species	simcoensis

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.

†Dendrocrinus simcoensis Wright et al. 2019

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available