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Mortonella

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae

Taxonomy
Mortonella was named by Pomel (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u].

It was assigned to Scutellidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Protoscutellidae by Durham (1955) and Durham (1966); and to Clypeasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Mortonella Pomel p. 231
1915Mortonella Clark and Twitchell p. 128
1955Mortonella Durham pp. 153 - 155 figs. Fig. 1, I; 18, c
1966Mortonella Durham p. U477
2002Mortonella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyProtoscutellidae
genusMortonella

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. †Mortonella Pomel 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available