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Metacromyocrinus papulosus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Cromyocrinidae

Taxonomy
Ethelocrinus papulosus was named by Moore and Plummer (1938). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Metacromyocrinus papulosus by Moore and Strimple (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. fundundus, M. holdenvillensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Metacromyocrinus papulosus Moore and Strimple

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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
superfamilyCromyocrinoidea(Bather 1890)
familyCromyocrinidae
genusMetacromyocrinusStrimple 1961
speciespapulosus(Moore and Plummer 1938)

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.

†Metacromyocrinus papulosus Moore and Plummer 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available