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Poecilocrinus

Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Roveacrinidae

Taxonomy
Poecilocrinus was named by Peck (1943) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi K Ceno]. Its type is Poecilocrinus dispandus.

It was assigned to Roveacrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Roveacrinidae by Rasmussen (1961) and Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Poecilocrinus Peck p. 471
1961Poecilocrinus Rasmussen p. 378
2002Poecilocrinus Sepkoski
2011Poecilocrinus Hess and Messing p. 209

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderRoveacrinidaSieverts-Doreck
familyRoveacrinidaePeck 1943
genusPoecilocrinusPeck 1943

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. †Poecilocrinus Peck 1943
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Diagnosis
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