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Cactocrinus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Cactocrinus was named by Wachsmuth and Springer (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u C Vise-l Sepkoski's reference number: 986]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Cactocrininae.

It was assigned to Cactocrininae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Monobathrida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Cactocrinus Wachsmuth and Springer
1978Cactocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T458
2002Cactocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderCompsocrininaUbaghs 1978
superfamilyPeriechocrinaceaBronn 1848
familyActinocrinitidaeAustin and Austin 1842
subfamilyCactocrininaeUbaghs 1978
genusCactocrinusWachsmuth and Springer 1897

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. †Cactocrinus Wachsmuth and Springer 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available