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Plesiolampas

Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae

Taxonomy
Plesiolampas is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonyms
  • Oriolampas was named by Munier-Chalmas (1882).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Plesiolampas by Kier (1962).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Oriolampas Munier-Chalmas
1962Plesiolampas Kier p. 117
1966Plesiolampas Kier p. U508
2002Plesiolampas Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderEchinolampadoida
familyEchinolampadidae
genusPlesiolampas

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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†Plesiolampas paquieri Lambert 1907
†Plesiolampas saharae Bather 1904
Invalid names: Oriolampas Munier-Chalmas 1882 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available