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Eupatagus rostratus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Eupatagus rostratus was named by d'Archiac (1850). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Spatangomorpha rostratus by Lambert and Thiéry (1924).

Subspecies
E. zitteli
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. cranium, E. marianensis, E. mortoni

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Eupatagus rostratus d'Archiac
1853Eupatagus rostratus d'Archiac and Haime
1854Spatangus affinis Herklots p. 12 figs. pl. 2, figs. 5, 5a
1858Hemipatagus affinis Desor p. 418
1883Euspatangus affinis Duncan and Sladen
1924Spatangomorpha rostratus Lambert and Thiéry p. 452
1924Maretia affinis Lambert and Thiéry p. 458
1975Eupatagus rostratus Henderson p. 43
2007Eupatagus affinis Kroh p. 180

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusEupatagusAgassiz 1847
speciesrostratusd'Archiac 1850

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.

†Eupatagus rostratus d'Archiac 1850
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Invalid names: Maretia affinis Herklots 1854 [synonym]
†Eupatagus rostratus zitteli Henderson 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available