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Salenia ameri

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Taxonomy
Salenia ameri was named by Lambert (1925). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ciego de Ávila, which is in a Cretaceous marine horizon in Cuba.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. coniae, S. geometrica, S. prestensis, S. pretensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Salenia ameri Lambert p. 567
1926Salenia ameri Sanchez Roig p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Calycina(Gregory 1900)
orderSalenioida()
familySaleniidae()
genusSalenia
speciesameriLambert 1925

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.

†Salenia ameri Lambert 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available