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Rhopaloblastus cuspidus

Blastoidea - Spiraculata - Pentremitidae

Taxonomy
Rhopaloblastus cuspidus was named by Webster and Jell (1992). Its type specimen is QMF21519 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is QML757, Callytharra-Byro track, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Callytharra Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Rhopaloblastus cuspidus Webster and Jell p. 368 fig. 29,30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classBlastoideaSay 1825
subclassEublastoideaBather 1899
orderSpiraculataJaekel 1918
familyPentremitidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusRhopaloblastusWanner 1924
speciescuspidus

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†Rhopaloblastus cuspidus Webster and Jell 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available