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Euspirocrinus

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Euspirocrinidae

Taxonomy
Euspirocrinus was named by Angelin (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov S Ludl]. It is not extant. Its type is Euspirocrinus spiralis. It is the type genus of Euspirocrinidae.

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Euspirocrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Ausich and Copper (2010) and Ausich et al. (2019).

Species
E. gagnoni, E. hintsae, E. spiralis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Euspirocrinus Angelin
1978Euspirocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T583
2002Euspirocrinus Sepkoski
2010Euspirocrinus Ausich and Copper p. 50
2019Euspirocrinus Ausich et al.

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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)
superfamilyCyathocrinitoidea(Roemer 1854)
familyEuspirocrinidaeBather 1890
genusEuspirocrinusAngelin 1878

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. †Euspirocrinus Angelin 1878
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Euspirocrinus gagnoni Ausich and Copper 2010
Euspirocrinus hintsae Ausich et al. 2019
Euspirocrinus spiralis Angelin 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available