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Archaeocidaris selwyni

Echinoidea - Archaeocidaridae

Taxonomy
Archaeocidaris selwyni was named by Etheridge (1892). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nowra, Shoalhaven River, Co. St. Vincent, which is in a Wordian coastal sandstone in the Nowra Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. brownwoodensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Archaeocidaris selwyni Etheridge Jr. p. 67 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-3
1912Archaeocidaris selwyni Jackson p. 447 figs. Pl 15, figs 9, 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
familyArchaeocidaridae
genusArchaeocidaris
speciesselwyni

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.

†Archaeocidaris selwyni Etheridge Jr. 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available