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Eratocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Zeacrinitidae

Taxonomy
Eratocrinus was named by Kirk (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u C Vise-l Sepkoski's reference number: 906]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Eratocrinus Kirk
1978Eratocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T748
2002Eratocrinus 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)
familyZeacrinitidaeBassler and Moodey 1943
genusEratocrinusKirk 1938

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. †Eratocrinus Kirk 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available