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Chinacrinus xinjiangensis

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae

Taxonomy
Chinacrinus xinjiangensis was named by Lane et al. (1997). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boulongour section, Lower Member, "Marly" beds, which is in a Famennian marine siltstone/shale in the Hongguleleng Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. nodosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Chinacrinus xinjiangensis Lane et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderGlyptocrininaMoore 1952
superfamilyPlatycrinitaceaAustin and Austin 1843
familyPlatycrinitidaeBassler 1938
genusChinacrinusLane and Waters 1997
speciesxinjiangensisLane et al. 1997

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.

†Chinacrinus xinjiangensis Lane et al. 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available