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Deocrinus asperatus

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Anthracocrinidae

Taxonomy
Rhodocrinus asperatus was named by Billings (1859). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 2 miles N of Montreal, which is in a Sandbian marine limestone in the Aylmer Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Deocrinus.

It was recombined as Deocrinus asperatus by Hudson (1907).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Deocrinus asperatus Hudson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderDiplobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
superfamilyRhodocrinitoideaRoemer 1855
familyAnthracocrinidaeStrimple and Watkins 1955
genusDeocrinusHudson 1907
speciesasperatus(Billings 1859)

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.

Deocrinus asperatus Billings 1859
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Diagnosis
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