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Cleiocrinus

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Cleiocrinidae

Taxonomy
Cleiocrinus was named by Billings (1857) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-u O Cara-m Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is not extant. Its type is Cleiocrinus regius. It is the type genus of Cleiocrinidae.

It was assigned to Diplobathrida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cleiocrinidae by Ausich (1998) and Cole et al. (2018).

Species
C. lepidotus, C. regius (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Cleiocrinus Billings
1998Cleiocrinus Ausich p. 24
2002Cleiocrinus Sepkoski
2018Cleiocrinus Cole et al. p. 497

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderDiplobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
superfamilyRhodocrinitoideaRoemer 1855
familyCleiocrinidaeMiller
genusCleiocrinusBillings 1857

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. †Cleiocrinus Billings 1857
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Cleiocrinus lepidotus Cole et al. 2018
Cleiocrinus regius Billings 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available