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Paleopneustidae

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Paleopneustidae Agassiz
1938Paleopneustidae Grant and Hertlein p. 111
2010Paleopneustidae Kroh and Smith p. 173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
superfamilyPaleopneustidea
familyPaleopneustidae
familyPaleopneustidae

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.

Fm. Paleopneustidae Agassiz 1904
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G. †Nacospatangus Agassiz 1873
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Nacospatangus gracilis Agassiz 1873
G. Paleopneustes Agassiz 1873 [heart urchin]
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Paleopneustes holmani Grant and Hertlein 1938
G. Pericosmus Agassiz 1847
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Subg. Pericosmus (Pericosmus) Fischer 1966
Subg. †Pericosmus (Victoriaster) Lambert 1920
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Victoriaster lamberti Sanchez Roig 1923
Pericosmus aguayoi Sanchez Roig 1949
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Invalid names: Mauritanaster depressus Sanchez Roig 1949 [synonym], Mauritanaster marroquinensis Sanchez Roig 1953 [synonym], Pericosmus giganteus Sanchez Roig 1952 [synonym]
Pericosmus altus Hutton 1873
Pericosmus annosus Henderson 1975
Pericosmus artemisae Sanchez-Roig 1953
Pericosmus atolladosae Sanchez Roig 1951
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Invalid names: Pericosmus rojasi Sanchez Roig 1951 [synonym]
Pericosmus blanquizalensis Sanchez Roig 1952
Pericosmus borraeus Henderson 1975
Pericosmus camagueyanus Sanchez Roig 1949
Pericosmus crawfordi Hutton 1873
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Invalid names: Linthia compressus Duncan 1877 [synonym], Meoma brevipatalata Hutton 1873 [synonym], Pericosmus mccoyi Gregory 1890 [synonym]
Pericosmus israelskyi Durham 1961
Pericosmus latus Agassiz 1847
Pericosmus mortenseni Sanchez Roig 1952
Pericosmus roigi Lambert 1921
Pericosmus scaevus Henderson 1975
Pericosmus valenzuelai Sanchez-Roig 1953
Pericosmus zanolettii Sanchez-Roig 1953
Invalid names: Megalaster Duncan 1877 [synonym], Pericosmus cubanus Palmer 1949 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available