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Discocrinus
Taxonomy
Discocrinus was named by Peck (1943) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi K Ceno]. Its type is Discocrinus catastomus.
It was assigned to Roveacrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Roveacrinidae by Rasmussen (1961), Hess and Gale (2010) and Hess and Messing (2011).
It was assigned to Roveacrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Roveacrinidae by Rasmussen (1961), Hess and Gale (2010) and Hess and Messing (2011).
Species
D. catastomus (type species), D. wrighti
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1943 | Discocrinus Peck |
1961 | Discocrinus Rasmussen p. 387 |
2002 | Discocrinus Sepkoski |
2010 | Discocrinus Hess and Gale p. 444 |
2011 | Discocrinus Hess and Messing p. 209 |
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G. †Discocrinus Peck 1943
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†Discocrinus catastomus Peck 1943
†Discocrinus wrighti Peck 1955
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available