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Salenia tumidula

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Taxonomy
Salenia tumidula was named by Clark (1801). Its type specimen is ANSP 1448, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Timber Creek - Vincentown Fm, which is in a Paleocene coastal sandstone in the Vincentown Formation of New Jersey.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Salenia bellula was named by Clark (1801). Its type specimen is ANSP 1446, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Salenia tumidula by Cooke (1959).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Salenia bellula Clark p. 75
1801Salenia tumidula Clark p. 75
1915Salenia tumidula Clark and Twitchell p. 50
1915Salenia bellula Clark and Twitchell p. 51
1941Salenia bellula Cooke p. 7
1941Salenia tumidula Cooke p. 7
1959Salenia tumidula Cooke p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
orderSalenioida()
familySaleniidae()
genusSalenia
speciestumidulaClark 1801

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.

Salenia tumidula Clark 1801
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Invalid names: Salenia bellula Clark 1801 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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