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Pericosmus altus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae

Taxonomy
Brissopsis alta was named by Hutton (1873). Its type specimen is EC.684, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. magnificus, P. spatangoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Brissopsis alta Hutton p. 42
1975Pericosmus altus Henderson p. 57

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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
speciesaltus(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 altus Hutton 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available