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Echinarachnius newcombei

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae

Taxonomy
Scutella newcombei was named by Kew (1920). Its type specimen is UCMP 11356, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Echinarachnius newcombei by Grant and Hertlein (1938) and Weaver (1942).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Scutella newcombei Kew pp. 73-74 figs. pl. 8, figs. 2a, 2b
1923Scutella newcombei Clark and Arnold p. 174
1938Echinarachnius newcombei Grant and Hertlein p. 61
1942Echinarachnius newcombei Weaver p. 6

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

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
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