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Heckerocrinus, a new substitute generic name for fossil crinoid Bockia Hecker 1940 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) non Reisinger 1924 (Vermes: Turbellaria)

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Heckerocrinus nom. nov., a new generic name of fossil Ordovician crinoid, is proposed for preoccupied fossil generic name Bockia Hecker 1940 non Reisinger 1924 [Vermes: Turbellaria—Typhloplanidae-Protoplanellinae]. Illegitimate family name Bockiidae Ubaghs 1972 is replaced with a new valid family name Heckerocrinidae nom. nov.

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Heckerocrinus nom. nov., ein neuer Gattungsname des Fossilen Krinoid aus Ordovikum wird für den illegitimen Fossil-Gattungsnamen Bockia Hecker 1940 non Reisinger 1924 zusammen mit einem neuen Familiennamen Heckerocrinidae nom. nov. statt des rechtswidrigen Familiennamens Bockiidae Ubaghs 1972 vorgeschlagen.

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Doweld, A.B. Heckerocrinus, a new substitute generic name for fossil crinoid Bockia Hecker 1940 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) non Reisinger 1924 (Vermes: Turbellaria). Paläontol Z 86, 457–458 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-012-0148-y

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