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Megaliocrinus aplatus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Paragaricocrinidae

Taxonomy
Megaliocrinus aplatus was named by Moore and Laudon (1942). It is not extant. Its type specimen is KUMIP 73853=USNM 141190. It is the type species of Megaliocrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Megaliocrinus aplatus Moore and Laudon p. 68

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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
suborderCompsocrininaUbaghs 1978
superfamilyPeriechocrinoidea(Austin and Austin 1843)
familyParagaricocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1942
genusMegaliocrinusMoore and Laudon 1942
speciesaplatusMoore and Laudon 1942

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.

†Megaliocrinus aplatus Moore and Laudon 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available