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Gastrocrinus

Crinoidea - Botryocrinidae

Taxonomy
Gastrocrinus was named by Jaekel (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Gastrocrinus Jaekel
1978Gastrocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T614
2002Gastrocrinus 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
ArticuliformesWright 2017
familyBotryocrinidaeBather 1899
genusGastrocrinusJaekel 1895

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. †Gastrocrinus Jaekel 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available