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Blothrocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Glossocrinidae

Taxonomy
Blothrocrinus was named by Kirk (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u C Vise-u Sepkoski's reference number: 906].

It was assigned to Glossocrinidae by Webster et al. (1999); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Blothrocrinus Kirk p. 321
1999Blothrocrinus Webster et al. p. 469
2002Blothrocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
familyGlossocrinidaeGoldring 1923
genusBlothrocrinus

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. †Blothrocrinus Kirk 1940
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Blothrocrinus jesupi Whitfield 1881
Blothrocrinus spartarius Miller and Gurley 1890
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Invalid names: Poteriocrinus genista Miller and Gurley 1890 [synonym], Poteriocrinus scopae Miller and Gurley 1890 [synonym]
Blothrocrinus swallowi Meek and Worthen 1860
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available