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Pericosmus artemisae

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae

Taxonomy
Pericosmus artemisae was named by Sanchez-Roig (1953). Its type specimen is Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 775, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Finca "Sunset", carratera de Cayajabos a Artemisa, which is in a Miocene/Miocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Pericosmus artemisae Sanchez-Roig pp. 168-169 figs. pl. 11, fig. 1

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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
speciesartemisae

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 artemisae Sanchez-Roig 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available