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Zostocrinus

Crinoidea - Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae

Taxonomy
Zostocrinus was named by Kirk (1948) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give-l]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Zostocrinus Kirk
1978Zostocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T688
2002Zostocrinus 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
orderPoteriocrinina(Jaekel 1918)
superfamilyAgassizocrinaceaMiller 1888
familyDecadocrinidaeBather 1890
genusZostocrinusKirk 1948

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. †Zostocrinus Kirk 1948
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available