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Kewia lituyaensis

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae

Taxonomy
Kewia lituyaensis was named by Wagner (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 181145 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Icy Point, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Yakataga Formation of Alaska.

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by M. Uhen on 2019-08-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Kewia lituyaensis Wagner p. 118 figs. Plate 2, Figs. 12-15

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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
familyEchinarachniidae
genusKewiaNisiyama 1935
specieslituyaensis

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.

†Kewia lituyaensis Wagner 1974
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Diagnosis
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