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Pentacrinites quenstedti

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae

Taxonomy
Pentacrinus quenstedti was named by Oppel (1856).

It was recombined as Pentacrinites quenstedti by Hauff (1984) and Jäger (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. carolinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Pentacrinus quenstedti Oppel
1984Pentacrinites quenstedti Hauff p. 256 fig. 1,2
1985Pentacrinites quenstedti Jäger p. 93 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-7; pl 7, figs 10-15; pl 11, figs 22,23

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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
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderIsocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1952
suborderPentacrinitinaGray 1842
familyPentacrinitidaeGray 1842
genusPentacrinitesBlumenbach 1804
speciesquenstedti(Oppel 1856)

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.

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Diagnosis
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