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Palaeodiadema

Echinoidea - Diadematoida - Diadematidae

Taxonomy
Palaeodiadema is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Diadematidae by Fell (1966); and to Diadematoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Palaeodiadema Fell p. U352
2002Palaeodiadema Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
orderDiadematoida
familyDiadematidae
genusPalaeodiadema

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