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Agassizia (Anisaster) mossomi

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Agassizia (Anisaster) mossomi was named by Cooke (1942). Its type specimen is USNM 498989, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Agassizia mossomi by Kier (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Agassizia (Anisaster) mossomi Cooke p. 46 figs. pl. 5, figs. 14-17
1959Agassizia (Anisaster) mossomi Cooke p. 76
1997Agassizia mossomi Kier p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusAgassiziaValenciennes 1846
subgenusAnisaster
speciesmossomi

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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