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Ambipleurus

Echinoidea - Temnopleuroida

Taxonomy
Ambipleurus was named by Lambert (1932) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 942,956].

It was assigned to Glyphocyphidae by Fell and Pawson (1966); and to Temnopleuroida by Sepkoski (2002) and Smith (2009).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Ambipleurus Lambert p. 198
1935Medocechinus Jeannet p. 559
1966Ambipleurus Fell and Pawson p. U415
2002Ambipleurus Sepkoski
2002Medocechinus Sepkoski
2009Ambipleurus Smith

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
orderTemnopleuroida()
genusAmbipleurusLambert 1932

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. †Ambipleurus Lambert 1932
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Invalid names: Medocechinus Jeannet 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available