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Aspidocarpus

Stylophora - Mitrata

Taxonomy
Aspidocarpus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mitrocystitida by Lefebvre (2000); and to Mitrata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Aspidocarpus Lefebvre fig. 12
2002Aspidocarpus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderMitrataJaekel 1918
suborderMitrocystitidaCaster 1952
genusAspidocarpus

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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Aspidocarpus discoidalis Cripps 1990
Aspidocarpus riadanensis Chauvel 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available