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Merocidaris
Taxonomy
Merocidaris is a genus. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Cidaroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Psychocidaridae by Fell (1966), Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller (2015) and Hostettler et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Cidaroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Psychocidaridae by Fell (1966), Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller (2015) and Hostettler et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1966 | Merocidaris Fell p. U339 |
2002 | Merocidaris Sepkoski |
2015 | Merocidaris Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller p. 222 |
2017 | Merocidaris Hostettler et al. p. 424 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available