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Virucrinus

Crinoidea - Eustenocrinida - Eustenocrinidae

Taxonomy
Virucrinus was named by Rozhnov (1990) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde O Cara-m]. It is not extant. Its type is Pentagonocyclicus kegelensis.

It was assigned to Eustenocrinidae by Ausich (1998); and to Disparida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
V. kegelensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Virucrinus Rozhnov
1998Virucrinus Ausich p. 25
2002Virucrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
superorderDisparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderEustenocrinida
familyEustenocrinidaeUlrich 1924
genusVirucrinusRozhnov 1990

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. †Virucrinus Rozhnov 1990
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†Virucrinus kegelensis Yeltyschewa 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available