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Uintacrinus

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Uintacrinidae

Taxonomy
Uintacrinus was named by Grinnell (1876) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant-u]. Its type is Uintacrinus socialis. It is the type genus of Uintacrinidae, Uintacrinoidea.

It was assigned to Uintacrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Uintacrinidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Rasmussen (1961) and Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Uintacrinus Grinnell p. 81
1915Uintacrinus Clark and Twitchell p. 35
1961Uintacrinus Rasmussen p. 401
2002Uintacrinus Sepkoski
2011Uintacrinus Hess and Messing p. 97

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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
superfamilyUintacrinoideaZittel 1879
familyUintacrinidaeZittel 1879
genusUintacrinusGrinnell 1876

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. †Uintacrinus Grinnell 1876
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Uintacrinus anglicus Rasmussen 1961
Uintacrinus socialis Grinnell 1876
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Invalid names: Uintacrinus westfalicus Schlüter 1878 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available