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Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) armadilloensis

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae

Taxonomy
Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) armadilloensis was named by Sanchez-Roig (1953). Its type specimen is Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 746, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Finca "Armadillo", Marroquin, Moron - Early Oligocene, which is in an Oligocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) armadilloensis Sanchez-Roig pp. 139-140 figs. pl. 2, figs. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderClypeasterina()
familyClypeasteridae()
genusClypeaster
subgenusRhaphidoclypus(Agassiz 1863)
speciesarmadilloensis

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.

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