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Phymosoma baylei

Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae

Taxonomy
Cyphosoma baylei was named by Cotteay (1864). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Phymosoma baylei by Smith (1991) and Manso and Andrade (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. cribrum, P. major, P. volanum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Cyphosoma baylei Cotteay p. 584 figs. pl. 1138, fig. 8-13
1991Phymosoma baylei Smith p. 28 figs. Pl 4G-I; pl 5D,E; text-figs 21,22
2008Phymosoma baylei Manso and Andrade p. 320

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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
genusPhymosomaHaime 1853
speciesbaylei(Cotteay 1864)

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.

†Phymosoma baylei Cotteay 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available