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Nanocrinus

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Gasterocomidae

Taxonomy
Nanocrinus was named by Mueller (1856) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Nanocrinus Mueller
1978Nanocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T588
2002Nanocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyGasterocomaceaRoemer 1854
familyGasterocomidaeRoemer 1854
genusNanocrinusMueller 1856

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. †Nanocrinus Mueller 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available