Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Clypeaster gatuni

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae

Taxonomy
Clypeaster gatuni was named by Jackson (1917). Its type specimen is USNM 324453, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. australasiae, C. biarritzensis, C. julii, C. scillae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Clypeaster gatuni Jackson p. 491 figs. pl. 63, fig. 1; pl. 64, fig. 1
1938Clypeaster gatuni Grant and Hertlein p. 46
1942Clypeaster gatuni Cooke p. 13

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderClypeasterina()
familyClypeasteridae()
genusClypeaster
speciesgatuni

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.

†Clypeaster gatuni Jackson 1917
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available