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Tylocidaris salina

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae

Taxonomy
Tylocidaris salina was named by Cooke (1959) [TYPE SPECIMEN: Cotype used for type specimen.]. Its type specimen is USNM 498879b, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 13395 - Richmond Branch [Salt Mountain Lmst], which is in a Thanetian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Salt Mountain Limestone Formation of Alabama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. bermudez, T. bermudezi, T. bruennichi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Tylocidaris salina Cooke p. 12 figs. pl. 1, figs. 12-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyPsychocidaridae
genusTylocidarisPomel 1883
speciessalina

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.

†Tylocidaris salina Cooke 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available