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Balanocrinus
Taxonomy
Balanocrinus was named by Agassiz (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori-u K Haut]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Balanocrininae.
It was reranked as Pentacrinus (Balanocrinus) by Oppenheim (1902).
It was assigned to Pentacrinus by Oppenheim (1902); to Isocrinidae by Rasmussen (1961); to Isocrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Balanocrininae by Jäger (1985), Hess and Gale (2010), Hess and Messing (2011) and Hess (2012).
It was reranked as Pentacrinus (Balanocrinus) by Oppenheim (1902).
It was assigned to Pentacrinus by Oppenheim (1902); to Isocrinidae by Rasmussen (1961); to Isocrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Balanocrininae by Jäger (1985), Hess and Gale (2010), Hess and Messing (2011) and Hess (2012).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1847 | Balanocrinus Agassiz |
| 1902 | Pentacrinus (Balanocrinus) Oppenheim p. 450 |
| 1961 | Balanocrinus Rasmussen p. 82 |
| 1985 | Balanocrinus Jäger p. 117 |
| 2002 | Balanocrinus Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Margocrinus Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Terocrinus Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Balanocrinus Hess and Gale p. 435 |
| 2011 | Balanocrinus Hess and Messing p. 56 |
| 2012 | Balanocrinus Hess p. 220 |
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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. †Balanocrinus Agassiz 1847
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†Balanocrinus cubensis Sanchez Roig 1926
†Balanocrinus dumortieri de Loriol 1887
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Invalid names: Pentacrinus pentagonalis Goldfuss 1871 [synonym]
†Balanocrinus gillieroni Loriol 1879
†Balanocrinus infrasilvensis Ooster 1865
†Balanocrinus inornatus d'Orbigny 1850
†Balanocrinus moniliferus Munster 1831
†Balanocrinus pacomei de Loriol 1887
†Balanocrinus pentagonalis Goldfuss 1831
†Balanocrinus quiaiosensis Loriol 1891
†Balanocrinus senonensis Valette 1917
†Balanocrinus smithi Hess and Gale 2010
†Balanocrinus subsulcatus Munster 1831
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Invalid names: Pentacrinites subteroides Quenstedt 1858 [synonym], Pentacrinus liasinus d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
†Balanocrinus subteres Munster 1831
†Balanocrinus valettei Collignon 1931
Invalid names: Margocrinus [synonym], Terocrinus [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available