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Goniophorus

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae

Taxonomy
Goniophorus was named by Agassiz (1838) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo J Kimm].

It was assigned to Hyposaleniinae by Fell and Pawson (1966); and to Salenioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Goniophorus Agassiz p. 30
1966Goniophorus Fell and Pawson p. U380
2002Goniophorus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
orderSalenioida()
familyHyposaleniidae()
genusGoniophorus

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.

G. †Goniophorus Agassiz 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available