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Vaquerosella tejonensis

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae

Taxonomy
Scutella tejonensis was named by Kew (1920). Its type specimen is UCMP 11365 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Orchoporus tejonensis by Grant and Hertlein (1938); it was recombined as Vaquerosella tejonensis by Durham (1955).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Scutella tejonensis Kew pp. 76 - 77 figs. Plate 12, figures 2a, 2b
1938Orchoporus tejonensis Grant and Hertlein p. 52
1955Vaquerosella tejonensis Durham p. 167

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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
genusVaquerosella
speciestejonensis()

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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