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Caryocrinites rugatus

Rhombifera - Caryocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Hemicosmites rugatus was named by Forbes (1848). Its type specimen is BGS GSM and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lower Cresswell Farm, about 3.75 km southeast of Llanddowror, which is in a Cautleyan marine mudstone in the Slade and Redhill Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Caryocrinites rugatus by Lanc et al. (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Hemicosmites rugatus Forbes
2015Caryocrinites rugatus Lanc et al. pp. 8 - 14 fig. 7–11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classRhombifera(Zittel 1879)
superfamilyHemicosmitoida(Jaekel 1918)
familyCaryocrinitidaeBassler 1938
genusCaryocrinitesSay 1825
speciesrugatus(Forbes 1848)

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.

Caryocrinites rugatus Forbes 1848
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Diagnosis
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