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Protoscutella mississippiensis

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae

Taxonomy
Scutella mississippiensis was named by Clark and Twitchell (1915) [attributed to Twitchell only]. Its type specimen is USNM 137655, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Protoscutella mississippiensis by Cooke (1942), Cooke (1959), Kier (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Scutella mississippiensis Clark and Twitchell p. 124 figs. pl. 59, figs. 1a-f
1942Protoscutella mississippiensis Cooke p. 17
1959Protoscutella mississippiensis Cooke p. 38
1980Protoscutella mississippiensis Kier p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyProtoscutellidae
genusProtoscutella
speciesmississippiensis()

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.

†Protoscutella mississippiensis Clark and Twitchell 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available