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Oligopygus nancei

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Oligopygidae

Taxonomy
Oligopygus nancei was named by Cooke (1941). Its type specimen is U. S. Nat. Mus. 498964, a test (seven individuals, all imperfect), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Headwaters of Río Amana, which is in an Eocene marine limestone in the Santa Anita Formation of Venezuela.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Oligopygus nancei Cooke p. 305

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
familyOligopygidae()
genusOligopygus
speciesnancei

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.

†Oligopygus nancei Cooke 1941
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Diagnosis
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