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Benthocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Timorechinidae

Taxonomy
Benthocrinus was named by Verrill (1885) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-u]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Benthocrinus Verrill
1978Benthocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T754
2002Benthocrinus 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
superfamilyZeacrinitoidea(Bassler and Moodey 1943)
familyTimorechinidaeJaekel 1918
genusBenthocrinusVerrill 1885

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. †Benthocrinus Verrill 1885
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available