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Athenacrinidae
Taxonomy
Athenacrinidae was named by Guensburg et al. (2020). Its type is Athenacrinus.
It was assigned to Disparida by Guensburg et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Disparida by Guensburg et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Athenacrinus (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2020 | Athenacrinidae Guensburg et al. p. 313 |
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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. †Athenacrinidae Guensburg et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. E. Guensburg et al. 2020 | Disparids with wide pentameric stalk expanding and without inflection at cup transition; wide CD interray; C and E ray with primibrachial one inserted down into the cup as compared to A, B, and D rays; CD plate field to left of anal series arising from anibrachial; arms with floor plates and two-tiered cover plating. |
Measurements
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||