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Metacrinus

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isselicrinidae

Taxonomy
Metacrinus was named by Carpenter (1882) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is extant. Its type is Metacrinus wyvillei. It is the type genus of Metacrininae.

It was assigned to Isocrinidae by Meyer and Oji (1993) and Stilwell et al. (1994); to Isocrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Metacrininae by Hess and Messing (2011).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Metacrinus Carpenter
1993Metacrinus Meyer and Oji p. 253
1994Metacrinus Stilwell et al. p. 138
2002Metacrinus Sepkoski
2011Metacrinus Hess and Messing p. 67

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderIsocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1952
suborderIsocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
familyIsselicrinidaeKlikushkin 1977
subfamilyMetacrininaeKlikushin 1977
genusMetacrinusCarpenter 1882

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. Metacrinus Carpenter 1882
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Metacrinus fossilis Rasmussen 1979
Metacrinus wyvillei Carpenter 1884
Metacrinus wyvillii Carpenter 1884
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available