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Metasycocrinus piriformis

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Sycocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Hypocrinus pyriformis was named by Rothpletz (1892). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ajer Mati (Wichmann collection), which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate sandstone in Indonesia.

It was recombined as Sycocrinus piriformis by Wanner (1916); it was recombined as Metasycocrinus piriformis by Wanner (1920) and Webster and Webster (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Hypocrinus pyriformis Rothpletz p. 75 figs. Pl 10, fig 23
1916Sycocrinus piriformis Wanner p. 97 figs. Pl. 102 (7), figs. 4-5; Figs. 25-27
1920Metasycocrinus piriformis Wanner p. 23 figs. 2, 11
2012Metasycocrinus piriformis Webster and Webster p. 1518

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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
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyCodiacrinoideaBather 1890
familySycocrinitidaeLane 1967
genusMetasycocrinus
speciespiriformis()

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.

†Metasycocrinus piriformis Rothpletz 1892
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Diagnosis
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