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Pentaxocrinus quinarius

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida

Taxonomy
Allosocrinus quinarius was named by Lane and Webster (1966) [Holotype now at Los Angeles County Museum]. Its type specimen is UCLA 39644, a calyx, and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Pentaxocrinus.

It was recombined as Pentaxocrinus quinarius by Webster and Lane (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Allosocrinus quinarius Lane and Webster p. 56 figs. Pl 13, fig 3
2007Pentaxocrinus quinarius Webster and Lane p. 962

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
genusPentaxocrinus
speciesquinarius()

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.

Pentaxocrinus quinarius Lane and Webster 1966
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Diagnosis
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