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Ctenocystis

Ctenocystoidea - Ctenocystoida - Ctenocystidae

Taxonomy
Ctenocystis was named by Robison and Sprinkle (1969) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-l Cm uMid-m Sepkoski's reference number: 713]. It is not extant. Its type is Ctenocystis utahensis. It is the type genus of Ctenocystidae.

It was assigned to Ctenocystoidea by Robison and Sprinkle (1969) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Ctenocystidae by Sprinkle and Robison (1978), Jell et al. (1985) and Rahman and Clausen (2009).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Ctenocystis Robison and Sprinkle
1978Ctenocystis Sprinkle and Robison
1985Ctenocystis Jell et al. p. 197
2002Ctenocystis Sepkoski
2009Ctenocystis Rahman and Clausen p. 415

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classCtenocystoidea
orderCtenocystoida
familyCtenocystidae
genusCtenocystis

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. †Ctenocystis Robison and Sprinkle 1969
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Ctenocystis colodon Ubaghs and Robison 1988
Ctenocystis jagoi Jell et al. 1985
Ctenocystis smithi Ubaghs 1987
Ctenocystis utahensis Robison and Sprinkle 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available