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Psammechinus philanthropus

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae

Taxonomy
Echinus philanthropus was named by Conrad (1843). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Psammechinus philanthropus by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Cooke (1941) and Kier (1972).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. lahillei, P. rugosus, P. subrogosus, P. tournoueri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Echinus philanthropus Conrad p. 310
1915Psammechinus philanthropus Clark and Twitchell p. 181
1941Psammechinus philanthropus Cooke p. 16
1972Psammechinus philanthropus Kier p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
—Echinacea()
orderCamarodonta
infraorderEchinidea
familyEchinidae
genusPsammechinus
speciesphilanthropus(Conrad 1843)

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
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