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Astrodapsis spatiosus

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae

Taxonomy
Astrodapsis arnoldi spatiosus was named by Kew (1920). Its type specimen is UCMP 11041 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Astrodapsis spatiosus by Grant and Hertlein (1938) and Hall (1962).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Astrodapsis arnoldi spatiosus Kew
1920Astrodapsis scutelliformis Kew pp. 107 - 108 figs. Plate 21, figure 2; plate 39, figure 4
1935Astrodapsis salinasensis Richards
1938Astrodapsis salinasensis Grant and Hertlein p. 75
1938Astrodapsis scutelliformis Grant and Hertlein p. 76
1938Astrodapsis spatiosus Grant and Hertlein p. 76
1962Astrodapsis spatiosus Hall, Jr. p. 75 figs. PI. 29, figs. 3, 4; pi. 30, figs. 3, 3a, 4, 4a; pi. 31, figs. 1-6; pi. 32, figs. 1-7; pi. 33, figs.

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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
genusAstrodapsisConrad 1856
speciesspatiosus()

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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Invalid names: Astrodapsis salinasensis Richards 1935 [synonym], Astrodapsis scutelliformis Kew 1920 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available