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Akadocrinus
Taxonomy
Akadocrinus was named by Prokop (1962) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid]. Its type is Akadocrinus jani.
It was assigned to Eocrinoidea by Sprinkle (1973); to Gogiida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eocrinidae by Nohejlová and Fatka (2016).
It was assigned to Eocrinoidea by Sprinkle (1973); to Gogiida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eocrinidae by Nohejlová and Fatka (2016).
Species
A. jani (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1962 | Akadocrinus Prokop |
| 1973 | Akadocrinus Sprinkle |
| 2002 | Akadocrinus Sepkoski |
| 2016 | Akadocrinus Nohejlová and Fatka p. 2 |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. Sprinkle 1973 | Eocrinoids having an elongate, flat-topped, irregularly multiplated calyx bearing epispires (sutural pores) medially, numerous biserial brachioles branching off the summit in groups, and a long, large-diameter stem having a few irregularly wedge-shaped columnals proximally, a large diameter lumen, and a rounded, irregularly plated, attachment disk at the distal end. Middle Cambrian (Paradoxides gracilis zone), Jince Beds, Czechoslovakia. | |
| M. Nohejlová and O. Fatka 2016 | Eocrinoids having an elongate, flat-topped, irregularly multiplated calyx bearing epispires (sutural pores) medially, numerous biserial brachioles branching off the summit in groups, and a long, large-diameter stem having a few irregularly wedge-shaped columnals proximally, a large diameter lumen, and a rounded, irregularly plated attachment disk at the distal end. |