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Kewia fairbanksi

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae

Taxonomy
Scutella fairbanksi was named by Arnold (1907). Its type specimen is UCMP 11017 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Echinarachnius fairbanksi by Grant and Hertlein (1938); it was recombined as Kewia fairbanksi by Durham (1955).

Entered
by J. Marcot on 2018-03-14; modified by J. Marcot on 2018-03-15

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Scutella fairbanksi Arnold p. 542 figs. pl. 46, fig. 3; pl. 43, figs. 5, 5a
1909Scutella fairbanksi Pack p. 276
1915Scutella fairbanksi Clark and Twitchell p. 184
1920Scutella fairbanksi Kew pp. 66 - 67 figs. Plate 11, figures 2a, 26, 2c
1932Scutella fairbanksi Loel and Corey p. 177 figs. Plate 4, figures 3, 4a, 4b, 5, 6
1938Echinarachnius fairbanksi Grant and Hertlein p. 58
1955Kewia fairbanksi Durham p. 166

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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
speciesfairbanksi(Arnold 1907)

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 fairbanksi Arnold 1907
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Diagnosis
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