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Savagella illinoisensis

Edrioasteroidea - Isorophida - Agelacrinitidae

Taxonomy
Cyclocystoides illinoisensis was named by Miller and Gurley (1895).

It was recombined as Savagella illinoisensis by Guensburg (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Cyclocystoides illinoisensis Miller and Gurley p. 61 figs. Pl. V, figs. 27, 28
1913Cyclocystoides ornatus Savage
1917Cyclocystoides illinoisensis Savage p. 96 figs. pl. 3 f. 2
1920Cyclocystoides illinoisensis Foerste pp. 61 - 63 figs. pl. 1 f. 18
1920Savagella ornatus Foerste pp. 61-63 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 18
1966Cyclocystoides illinoisensis Kesling pp. U207-U207
1966Cyclocystoides ornatus Kesling pp. U206-U207
1988Savagella illinoisensis Guensburg pp. 119 - 122 figs. 2, 4-7, 8.2, 8.6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
classEdrioasteroideaBillings 1858
orderIsorophida
familyAgelacrinitidaeClarke 1901
genusSavagella
speciesillinoisensis(Miller and Gurley 1895)

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.

Savagella illinoisensis Miller and Gurley 1895
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Invalid names: Savagella ornatus Savage 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. E. Guensburg 1988Agelacrinitidae with low domal theca, ambulacra straight, narrow, distal taper slight; oral area with four primary orals, unknown number of secondary orals; proximal floorplate of ambulacrum I forms left half of posterior frame gap and most of left posterior margin of central oral lumen; ambulacral coverplates probably forming double alternating biseries; valvular anal structure offset toward right center of interambulacrum; interambulacral plates squamose, imbricate; proximal circlet of peripheral rim plates large, with vertical tight-fitting mutual articulations, thick, wedge shaped in radial cross section, proximal upper edges elongated forming shelf.