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Hoyacrinus

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Hoyacrinidae

Taxonomy
Hoyacrinus was named by Delogu and Nicosia (1986) [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm]. It is not extant. Its type is Hoyacrinus sincerus. It is the type genus of Hoyacrinidae.

It was assigned to Cyrtocrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hoyacrinidae by Hess and Messing (2011).

Species
H. sincerus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Hoyacrinus Delogu and Nicosia
2002Hoyacrinus Sepkoski
2011Hoyacrinus Hess and Messing p. 183

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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
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderCyrtocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
suborderCyrtocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
superfamilyEugeniacrinitoidea(Roemer 1855)
familyHoyacrinidaeDelogu and Nicosia 1986
genusHoyacrinusDelogu and Nicosia 1986

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. †Hoyacrinus Delogu and Nicosia 1986
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Hoyacrinus sincerus Delogu and Nicosia 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available