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Belocrinus

Blastoidea - Spiraculata - Pentremitidae

Taxonomy
Belocrinus was named by Munier-Chalmas (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pentremitidae by Beaver et al. (1967); and to Spiraculata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Belocrinus Munier-Chalmas p. 503
1967Belocrinus Beaver et al. p. S435
2002Belocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
subclassEublastoideaBather 1899
orderSpiraculataJaekel 1918
familyPentremitidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusBelocrinusMunier-Chalmas 1881

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.

G. †Belocrinus Munier-Chalmas 1881
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Diagnosis
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