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Schizaster cubensis

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Schizaster cubensis was named by d'Orbigny (1842). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Kier (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. ameghinoi, S. batheri, S. gaudryi, S. major, S. symmetricus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Schizaster cubensis d'Orbigny figs. pl. 8, figs. 4-6
1926Schizaster cubensis Sanchez Roig p. 133

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusSchizasterAgassiz 1835
speciescubensisd'Orbigny 1842

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.

†Schizaster cubensis d'Orbigny 1842
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Diagnosis
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