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Pericosmus crawfordi

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae

Taxonomy
Meoma crawfordi was named by Hutton (1873). Its type specimen is EC.686, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pericosmus crawfordi by Henderson (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Meoma crawfordi Hutton p. 42
1873Meoma brevipatalata Hutton p. 192
1877Megalaster compressus Duncan p. 61 figs. fig. 1
1882Pericosmus compressus McCoy p. 21
1890Pericosmus mccoyi Gregory p. 485
1946Linthia compressus Clark p. 366
1975Pericosmus crawfordi Henderson p. 54

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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
genusPericosmusAgassiz 1847
speciescrawfordi(Hutton 1873)

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.

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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available