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Protorophus hispanicus

Edrioasteroidea - Isorophida

Taxonomy
Protorophus hispanicus was named by Zamora and Smith (2010). Its type specimen is MPZ2009/1233a,b, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Purujosa Section 3. Level 10. Moncayo Natural Park, which is in a Menevian offshore mudstone in the Murero Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Protorophus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Protorophus hispanicus Zamora and Smith p. 491 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classEdrioasteroideaBillings 1858
orderIsorophida
genusProtorophus
specieshispanicus

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.

†Protorophus hispanicus Zamora and Smith 2010
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Diagnosis
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