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Protaxocrinus

Crinoidea - Cladida

Taxonomy
Protaxocrinus was named by Springer (1906) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-m D Gedi]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Taxocrinida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Protaxocrinus Springer
2002Protaxocrinus Sepkoski, Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Triploblastica
—Nephrozoa
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
orderCladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
suborderFlexibilia(Zittel 1895)
orderTaxocrinidaSpringer 1913
genusProtaxocrinusSpringer 1906

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available