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Hercocrinus elegans

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Anthracocrinidae

Taxonomy
Hercocrinus elegans was named by Hudson (1907). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Valcour Island, Lake Champlian, which is in a Sandbian marine limestone in New York. It is the type species of Hercocrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Hercocrinus elegans 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
genusHercocrinusHudson 1907
specieselegans

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.

†Hercocrinus elegans Hudson 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available