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Rachiosoma hondoensis

Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae

Taxonomy
Rachiosoma hondoensis was named by Cooke (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108371 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 7686, Hondo Creek, which is in a Maastrichtian estuary/bay sandstone in the Escondido Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Rachiosoma hondoensis Cooke p. 8 figs. Pl 3, figs 4,5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Calycina(Gregory 1900)
suborderPhymosomatoida()
familyPhymosomatidae
genusRachiosoma
specieshondoensis

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.

†Rachiosoma hondoensis Cooke 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available