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Ateleocystites huxleyi

Stylophora - Mitrata

Taxonomy
Ateleocystites huxleyi was named by Billings (1858). Its type specimen is GSC 1392 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Ateleocystites.

It was recombined as Anomalocystites huxleyi by Miller (1889).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Ateleocystites huxleyi Billings p. 72 fig. 4
1889Anomalocystites huxleyi Miller
1946Ateleocystites huxleyi Wilson pp. 7 - 8 figs. Plate II, figures 1-4
1991Ateleocystites huxleyi Parsley p. 37
2017Ateleocystites huxleyi McDermott and Paul pp. 3, 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderMitrataJaekel 1918
suborderMitrocystitidaCaster 1952
genusAteleocystitesBillings 1858
specieshuxleyi

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.

†Ateleocystites huxleyi Billings 1858
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Diagnosis
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