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Plesiolampas saharae

Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae

Taxonomy
Plesiolampas saharae was named by Bather (1904). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.A26282, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Garadimi, Sokoto, which is in a Paleocene carbonate limestone in Niger.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. praelonga
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2020-05-02

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Plesiolampas saharae Bather p. 293 figs. Pl 11, figs 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderEchinolampadoida
familyEchinolampadidae
genusPlesiolampas
speciessaharae

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.

†Plesiolampas saharae Bather 1904
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Diagnosis
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