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Spaniocrinus geniculatus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Spaniocrinidae

Taxonomy
Spaniocrinus geniculatus was named by Webster and Jell (1999). Its type specimen is QM F38987 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is QML518, Lucky Valley Creek, Elbow Valley, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Condamine Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Spaniocrinus geniculatus Webster and Jell p. 299 fig. 9

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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
superfamilyScytalocrinoidea()
familySpaniocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
genusSpaniocrinusStrimple 1971
speciesgeniculatus

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.

†Spaniocrinus geniculatus Webster and Jell 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available