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Ponticulocarpus robisoni

Stylophora - Cornuta - Cothurnocystidae

Taxonomy
Ponticulocarpus robisoni was named by Sumrall and Sprinkle (1999). Its type specimen is 1807TX1, an other (theca), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is CF-1, Calls Fort [Spence Shale Mbr, Langston Fm], which is in a Delamaran deep subtidal ramp mudstone in the Langston Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Ponticulocarpus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Ponticulocarpus robisoni Sumrall and Sprinkle p. 888

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderCornutaJaekel 1901
suborderCothurnocystidaBather 1913
familyCothurnocystidaeBather 1913
genusPonticulocarpus
speciesrobisoni

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.

†Ponticulocarpus robisoni Sumrall and Sprinkle 1999
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Diagnosis
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