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Hardouinia bassleri

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida

Taxonomy
Cassidulus bassleri was named by Clark and Twitchell (1915) [attributed to Twitchell only]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 175, Cunninghams Bluff, which is in a Santonian marine sandstone in the Eutaw Formation of Alabama.

It was recombined as Hardouinia bassleri by Cooke (1953).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. bexari, H. dalli, H. moretonis, H. mortoni, H. weatherbyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Cassidulus bassleri Clark and Twitchell p. 211 figs. Plate XCV, Figs. 5a-d
1915Cassidulus bassleri Twitchell
1953Hardouinia bassleri Cooke p. 22 figs. Pl 7, figs 6-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
genusHardouinia()
speciesbassleri()

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.

†Hardouinia bassleri Clark and Twitchell 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available