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Pentacrinites fossilis

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae

Taxonomy
Pentacrinites fossilis was named by Blumenbach (1804). It is the type species of Pentacrinites.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. carolinensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Pentacrinites fossilis Blumenbach
1813Pentacrinites britannicus von Schlotheim p. 100
1821Pentacrinites briareus Miller p. 56
1847Extracrinus briareus Austin and Austin p. 95
2011Pentacrinites fossilis Hess and Messing p. 43

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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
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderIsocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1952
suborderPentacrinitinaGray 1842
familyPentacrinitidaeGray 1842
genusPentacrinitesBlumenbach 1804
speciesfossilisBlumenbach 1804

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.

†Pentacrinites fossilis Blumenbach 1804
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Invalid names: Pentacrinites briareus Miller 1821 [synonym], Pentacrinites britannicus von Schlotheim 1813 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available