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Nortonechinus

Echinoidea - Archaeocidaridae

Taxonomy
Nortonechinus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Archaeocidaridae by Fell (1966); and to Echinocystitoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Nortonechinus Fell p. U319
2002Nortonechinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
familyArchaeocidaridae
genusNortonechinus

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available