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Hemicosmitoida

Rhombifera

Taxonomy
Hemicosmitida was named by Jaekel (1918). Its type is Hemicosmitidae.

It was corrected as Hemicosmitoida by Paul et al. (2019).

It was assigned to Rhombifera by Beaver et al. (1967); and to Rhombifera by Regnéll (1945) and Paul et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Hemicosmitida Jaekel
1945Hemicosmitida Regnéll
1967Hemicosmitida Beaver et al. p. S217
2019Hemicosmitoida Paul et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classRhombifera(Zittel 1879)
superfamilyHemicosmitoida(Jaekel 1918)
superfamilyHemicosmitoida(Jaekel 1918)

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.

Superfm. †Hemicosmitoida Jaekel 1918
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Fm. †Caryocrinitidae Bassler 1938
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G. †Caryocrinites Say 1825
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Caryocrinites rugatus Forbes 1848
G. †Juglandocrinus von Koenen 1886
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Juglandocrinus crassus von Koenen 1886
Juglandocrinus elongatus Jaekel 1899
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Invalid names: Juglandocrinus vulgaris Dreyfus 1939 [synonym]
Juglandocrinus europaeus Quenstedt 1874
Juglandocrinus sdzuyi Chauvel and Le Menn 1979
Juglandocrinus turbo Bather 1906
Invalid names: Oocystis Dreyfus 1939 [synonym]
G. †Paracaryocrinites Chen and Yao 1993
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Paracaryocrinites kochi Wolfart 2001
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Polycosmites jaekeli Wolfart 2001
Fm. †Hemicosmitidae Jaekel 1918
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G. †Hemicosmites Buch 1840
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Hemicosmites extraneus Eichwald 1840
Hemicosmites grandis Jaeckel 1899
Hemicosmites oelandicus Regnell 1945
Hemicosmites papaveris Bockelie 1979
Hemicosmites sculptus Bockelie 1979
Hemicosmites sphaericus Bockelie 1979
Hemicosmites variabilis Bockelie 1979
Invalid names: Hexalacystis Haeckel 1896 [synonym]
Fm. †Heterocystitidae Jaekel 1918
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. R. C. Paul et al. 2019A dichoporite superfamily with well developed heteromorphic stem; theca composed of three or four basals, six infra-laterals, eight or nine laterals all of which bear cryptorhombs, and additional plates in the oral region; with three or four primary ambulacra (after Lanc, McDermott & Paul, 2015, p. 4).