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Achistrum brevis

Holothuroidea - Apodida - Achistridae

Taxonomy
Achistrum brevis was named by Gutschick (1959). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype USNM 137013, paratypes USNM 137014, 137015, 137016 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meadel Ditch Quarry, which is in a Kinderhookian offshore mudstone/limestone in the Rockford Limestone Formation of Indiana.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Achistrum brevis Gutschick pp. 132-133 figs. text-fig. 2, pl. 25 figs. 20-24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderApodida
familyAchistridae
genusAchistrum
speciesbrevis

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.

Achistrum brevis Gutschick 1959
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Diagnosis
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