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Porosoma fifei

Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae

Taxonomy
Porosoma fifei was named by Wagner (1972). Its type specimen is UCMP 10782, a test (nearly complete specimen), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Cardon, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in the Sepultura Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Porosoma fifei Wagner p. 652

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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
genusPorosomaCotteau 1856
speciesfifei

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.

†Porosoma fifei Wagner 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available