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Orbitremites

Blastoidea - Spiraculata - Orbitremitidae

Taxonomy
Orbitremites is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Orbitremitidae.

It was assigned to Orbitremitidae by Beaver et al. (1967) and Bodenbender and Fisher (2001); and to Spiraculata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Orbitremites Beaver et al. p. S443
2001Orbitremites Bodenbender and Fisher p. 365
2002Orbitremites Sepkoski

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

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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Orbitremites norwoodi Owen and Shumard 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available