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Agnostocrinus typus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Staphylocrinidae

Taxonomy
Agnostocrinus typus was named by Webster and Lane (1967) [Holotype now at Los Angeles County Museum]. Its type specimen is UCLA 45826, a calyx, and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Agnostocrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Agnostocrinus typus Webster and Lane p. 16 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-2

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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
superfamilyTexacrinoidea(Strimple 1961)
familyStaphylocrinidaeMoore and Strimple 1973
genusAgnostocrinus
speciestypus

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.

†Agnostocrinus typus Webster and Lane 1967
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Diagnosis
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