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Atopocrinidae

Crinoidea - Homocrinida - Atopocrinidae

Taxonomy
Atopocrinidae was named by Warn and Strimple (1977) [Family based on disparid crinoid Atopocrinus Lane 1970, both homonyms for the comatulid crinoid genus and family Atopocrinidae Messing 2011.]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Homocrinida by Ausich (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Atopocrinidae Warn and Strimple
1998Atopocrinidae Ausich p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
superorderDisparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderHomocrinida
familyAtopocrinidaeWarn and Strimple 1977
familyAtopocrinidaeWarn and Strimple 1977

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.

Fm. †Atopocrinidae Warn and Strimple 1977
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Invalid names: Atopocrinus Lane 1970 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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