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Australanthus

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae

Taxonomy
Australanthus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Faujasiidae by Kier (1962) and Kier (1966); and to Cassiduloida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. longianus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Australanthus Kier p. 151
1966Australanthus Kier p. U510
2002Australanthus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
familyFaujasiidae()
genusAustralanthus

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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†Australanthus longianus Gregory 1800
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available