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Erisocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Erisocrinidae

Taxonomy
Erisocrinus was named by Meek and Worthen (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: C Bash-u P Wc]. It is not extant. Its type is Erisocrinus typus. It is the type genus of Erisocrinacea, Erisocrinidae.

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Erisocrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Webster (2006) and Mao et al. (2018).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Erisocrinus Meek and Worthen
1978Erisocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T705
2002Erisocrinus Sepkoski
2006Erisocrinus Webster
2018Erisocrinus Mao et al. p. 1075

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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
superfamilyErisocrinoidea(Wachsmuth and Springer 1886)
familyErisocrinidaeMiller 1889
genusErisocrinusMeek and Worthen 1865

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. †Erisocrinus Meek and Worthen 1865
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Erisocrinus longwelli Lane and Webster 1966
Erisocrinus propinquus Weller 1909
Erisocrinus typus Meek and Worthen 1865
Erisocrinus wapanucka Strimple 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available