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Clypeaster carrizoensis

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae

Taxonomy
Clypeaster carrizoensis was named by Kew (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 738, Coyote Mountain, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in the Imperial Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. australasiae, C. biarritzensis, C. julii, C. scillae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Clypeaster carrizoensis Kew p. 49 figs. pl. 2, figs. 2, 2a
1920Clypeaster carrizoensis Kew pp. 59 - 60 figs. Plate 7, figures 2a, 2b
1938Clypeaster carrizoensis Grant and Hertlein p. 45
1974Clypeaster carrizoensis De Buisonjé p. 240 figs. Pl 11, figs 5-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderClypeasterina()
familyClypeasteridae()
genusClypeaster
speciescarrizoensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available