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Embryocrinus

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Codiacrinidae

Taxonomy
Embryocrinus was named by Wanner (1916) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon P Guad-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Embryocrinus hanieli.

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Codiacrinidae by Lane (1979) and Webster and Webster (2012).

Species
E. hanieli (type species), E. variabilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Embryocrinus Wanner
1979Embryocrinus Lane p. 129
2002Embryocrinus Sepkoski
2012Embryocrinus Webster and Webster p. 1036

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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
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyCodiacrinoideaBather 1890
familyCodiacrinidaeBather 1890
genusEmbryocrinusWanner 1916

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. †Embryocrinus Wanner 1916
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†Embryocrinus hanieli Wanner 1916
†Embryocrinus variabilis Arendt 1970
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available