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Castericystis vali

Soluta - Syringocrinida

Taxonomy
Castericystis vali was named by Ubaghs and Robison (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 393391 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 811, House Range, which is in a Marjumian marine limestone/shale in the Marjum Limestone Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Castericystis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Castericystis vali Ubaghs and Robison pp. 7 - 17 figs. 1-12
2014Castericystis vali Noailles et al. p. 460

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classSolutaJaekel 1900
orderSyringocrinida(Parsley and Caster 1965)
genusCastericystisUbaghs and Robison 1985
speciesvali

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†Castericystis vali Ubaghs and Robison 1988
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Diagnosis
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