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Delocrinus vastus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Catacrinidae

Taxonomy
Delocrinus vastus was named by Lane and Webster (1966) [Holotype now at Los Angeles County Museum]. Its type specimen is UCLA 39626, a calyx, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. graphicus, D. hemisphericus, D. pentanodus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Delocrinus vastus Lane and Webster p. 45 figs. Pl 12, figs 1,2,5
1974Delocrinus vastus Pabian and Strimple p. 303 figs. Pl 40, fig 7
1978Delocrinus vastus Pabian and Strimple p. 1393 fig. 1

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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
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyErisocrinoidea(Wachsmuth and Springer 1886)
familyCatacrinidaeKnapp 1969
genusDelocrinusMiller and Gurley 1890
speciesvastus

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.

†Delocrinus vastus Lane and Webster 1966
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Diagnosis
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