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Agassizocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Agassizocrinidae

Taxonomy
Agassizocrinus was named by Owen and Shumard (1852) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 906]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Agassizocrinidae, Agassizocrinacea.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Agassizocrinus Owen and Shumard
1978Agassizocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T682
2002Agassizocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyAgassizocrinoidea(Miller 1888)
familyAgassizocrinidaeMiller 1889
genusAgassizocrinusOwen and Shumard 1852

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. †Agassizocrinus Owen and Shumard 1852
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Diagnosis
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