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Petropegia spinosa

Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae

Taxonomy
Petropegia spinosa was named by Summerson and Campbell (1958). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype No. TC 95, University of Kentucky and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cow Creek, Prestonsburg, Floyd County, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine shale in the Breathitt Formation of Kentucky.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Petropegia spinosa Summerson and Campbell p. 965 figs. pl. 126 figs 20,21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderDendrochirotida
familyCalclamnidae
genusPetropegia
speciesspinosa

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.

†Petropegia spinosa Summerson and Campbell 1958
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Diagnosis
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