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Palaeocentrotus
Taxonomy
Palaeocentrotus was named by Kühne (1941) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Palaeocentrotidae.
It was assigned to Lampridiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Palaeocentrotidae by van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Lampridiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Palaeocentrotidae by van der Laan (2019).
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2014-11-18
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1941 | Palaeocentrotus Kühne |
| 2002 | Palaeocentrotus Sepkoski |
| 2019 | Palaeocentrotus van der Laan p. 71 |
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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.
G. †Palaeocentrotus Kühne 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available