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Lovenia alabamensis

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Loveniidae

Taxonomy
Lovenia alabamensis was named by Cooke (1959). Its type specimen is USNM 562469, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. forbesi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Lovenia alabamensis Cooke p. 77 figs. pl. 32, figs. 14-17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
superfamilySpatangidea
familyLoveniidae
genusLoveniaDesor 1847
speciesalabamensis

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.

†Lovenia alabamensis Cooke 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available