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Gissocrinus ludensis

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Gissocrinus ludensis was named by Ramsbottom (1958). Its type specimen is BM E 26573, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Leintwardine starfish bed, which is in a Leintwardine lagoonal siltstone in the Lower Leintwardine Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Gissocrinus ludensis Ramsbottom p. 109

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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
genusGissocrinusAngelin 1878
speciesludensis

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.

Gissocrinus ludensis Ramsbottom 1958
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Diagnosis
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