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Conometra

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Conometridae

Taxonomy
Conometra was named by Gislen (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo T Mi]. Its type is Alecto alticeps. It is the type genus of Conometridae.

It was reranked as Glenotremites (Conometra) by Rosenkrantz (1945).

It was assigned to Glenotremites by Rosenkrantz (1945); to Comatulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Conometridae by Eagle (2007) and Hess and Messing (2011).

Species
C. alticeps

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Conometra Gislen p. 166
1945Glenotremites (Conometra) Rosenkrantz
2002Conometra Sepkoski
2007Conometra Eagle p. 94
2011Conometra Hess and Messing p. 115

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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)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyTropiometroidea(Clark 1908)
familyConometridaeGislén 1924
genusConometraGislen 1924

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. †Conometra Gislen 1924
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†Conometra alticeps Philippi 1844
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available