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Eocephalodiscus

Pterobranchia - Cephalodiscida - Cephalodiscidae

Taxonomy
Eocephalodiscus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Eocephalodiscidae.

It was assigned to Eocephalodiscidae by Bulman (1970); and to Cephalodiscida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Eocephalodiscus Bulman p. V16
2002Eocephalodiscus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumHemichordataBateson 1885
classPterobranchiaLankester 1877
orderCephalodiscida
familyCephalodiscidaeHarmer 1905
genusEocephalodiscus

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available