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Ellipticoblastus

Blastoidea - Spiraculata - Orbitremitidae

Taxonomy
Ellipticoblastus was named by Fay (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-l Sepkoski's reference number: 520]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spiraculata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Orbitremitidae by Bauer et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Ellipticoblastus Fay p. 317
2002Ellipticoblastus Sepkoski
2017Ellipticoblastus Bauer et al. p. 854

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
subclassEublastoideaBather 1899
orderSpiraculataJaekel 1918
familyOrbitremitidaeBather 1899
genusEllipticoblastusFay 1960

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.

G. †Ellipticoblastus Fay 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available