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Pleurocystites squamosus

Rhombifera - Pleurocystitidae

Taxonomy
Pleurocystites squamosus was named by Billings (1874). Its type specimen is GSC 1381a,b,c and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonyms
  • Pleurocystites robustus was named by Billings (1854). Its type specimen is G.S.C.1384 and is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Pleurocystites squamosus by Parsley (1970).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Pleurocystites robustus Billings p. 252 fig. 15
1874Pleurocystites squamosus Billings
1946Pleurocystites squamosus Wilson p. 12 figs. Plate II, figures 5, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
orderRhombiferaZittel 1879
superfamilyGlyptocystitoida(Bather 1899)
familyPleurocystitidaeNeumayr 1889
subfamilyPleurocystitinaeUlrich and Kirk 1911
genusPleurocystites
speciessquamosus

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.

†Pleurocystites squamosus Billings 1874
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Invalid names: Pleurocystites robustus Billings 1854 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available