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Coelopleurus carolinensis

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Taxonomy
Coelopleurus carolinensis was named by Cooke (1941). Its type specimen is USNM 166500 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wilmington City quarry, which is in a Bartonian deep subtidal ramp limestone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. coronalis, C. fourtaui, C. wetherelli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Coelopleurus carolinensis Cooke
1980Coelopleurus carolinensis Kier p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
—Echinacea()
orderArbacioida()
familyArbaciidae()
genusCoelopleurus
speciescarolinensis

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.

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Diagnosis
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