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Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) alabamensis

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) alabamensis was named by Cooke (1942). Its type specimen is USNM 498979, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kinchafoonee Creek dam, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in the Ocala Formation of Georgia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. cranium, E. marianensis, E. mortoni

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) alabamensis Cooke p. 58 figs. pl. 4, figs. 7, 8
1942Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) georgianus Cooke p. 58 figs. pl. 7, figs. 8-11
1959Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) alabamensis Cooke p. 92

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusEupatagusCotteau 1863
subgenusBrissopatagus
speciesalabamensisCooke 1942

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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Invalid names: Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) georgianus Cooke 1942 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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