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Cyathocrinites ramosus

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Encrinites ramosus was named by von Schlotheim (1816). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Glücksbrunn, Thuringen, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Zechstein Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Cyathocrinus ramosus by King (1850) and Geinitz (1861); it was recombined as Cyathocrinites ramosus by Donovan et al. (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Encrinites ramosus von Schlotheim p. 20 figs. Pl 2, fig 8; pl 3, figs 9-15a,b
1821Cyathocrinites planus Miller
1841Encrinites ramosus Geinitz p. 641
1850Cyathocrinus ramosus King pp. 50-52 figs. Pl 6, figs 15-20
1861Cyathocrinus ramosus Geinitz p. 109 figs. Pl 20, figs 10-14
1971Cyathocrinites planus Campbell and Bein p. 422
1986Cyathocrinites ramosus Donovan et al. p. 814 figs. Pl 71, 71; text-figs 4A,5,6,9
2010Cyathocrinites planus Ausich and Copper p. 48

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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
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyCyathocrinitoidea(Roemer 1854)
familyCyathocrinitidaeRoemer 1854
genusCyathocrinitesMiller 1821
speciesramosus()

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.

Cyathocrinites ramosus von Schlotheim 1816
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Invalid names: Cyathocrinites planus Miller 1821 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available