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Chelocrinus cassianus

Crinoidea - Encrinida - Encrinidae

Taxonomy
Encrinus cassianus was named by Laube (1865).

It was recombined as Encrinus (Entrochus) cassianus by Broili (1904); it was recombined as Chelocrinus cassianus by Hagdorn (2004) and Nützel and Kaim (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Encrinus cassianus Laube p. 47 figs. Pl 8a, figs 1-6
1904Encrinus (Entrochus) cassianus Broili
1915Encrinus cassianus Arthaber
2004Chelocrinus cassianus Hagdorn p. 247
2014Chelocrinus cassianus Nützel and Kaim p. 426 fig. 11i

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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)
orderEncrinidaMatsumoto 1929
familyEncrinidaeDujardin and Hupé 1862
genusChelocrinusMeyer 1837
speciescassianus()

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.

†Chelocrinus cassianus Laube 1865
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Diagnosis
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