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Hypselocrinus cavus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae

Taxonomy
Hypselocrinus cavus was named by Washburn (1968). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BYU 1492 (dorsal cup). Its type locality is Ridge west of Slide Canyon, which is in a Morrowan/Wolfcampian marine limestone in the Oquirrh Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Hypselocrinus cavus Washburn

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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
superfamilyScytalocrinacea
familyScytalocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
genusHypselocrinus
speciescavus

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.

†Hypselocrinus cavus Washburn 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available