Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Pyrgocystis (Rhenopyrgus) coronaeformis

Edrioasteroidea - Pyrgocystidae

Taxonomy
Pyrgocystis coronaeformis was named by Rievers (1961). It is not extant. Its type specimen is personal collection ("Sammlung") of J. Rievers. Its type locality is Eschenbach-Bocksberg mine, Bundenbach, which is in an Emsian marine slate in the Hunsrück Slate Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Pyrgocystis (Rhenopyrgus).

It was recombined as Pyrgocystis (Rhenopyrgus) coronaeformis by Dehm (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Rhenopyrgus flos

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Pyrgocystis (Rhenopyrgus) coronaeformis Dehm
1961Pyrgocystis coronaeformis Rievers

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
classEdrioasteroideaBillings 1858
familyPyrgocystidaeKesling 1967
genusPyrgocystisBather 1915
subgenusRhenopyrgusDehm 1961
speciescoronaeformis()

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.

show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available