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Graffhamicrinus boellstorffi

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Catacrinidae

Taxonomy
Graffhamicrinus boellstorffi was named by Pabian and Strimple (1974). Its type specimen is UNSM 7992, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boellstorff farm, Nemaha County (Location 3), which is in a Gzhelian marine shale in the Foraker Formation of Nebraska.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. profundus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Graffhamicrinus boellstorffi Pabian and Strimple p. 300 figs. Pl 41, figs 4-7

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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
genusGraffhamicrinusStrimple 1961
speciesboellstorffi

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.

†Graffhamicrinus boellstorffi Pabian and Strimple 1974
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Diagnosis
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