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Eoscutella coosensis

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Eoscutellidae

Taxonomy
Scutella coosensis was named by Kew (1920). Its type specimen is CAS 446, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Eoscutella coosensis by Grant and Hertlein (1938) and Weaver (1942).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Scutella coosensis Kew pp. 65, 66 figs. pl. 8, figs 1a, 1b
1938Eoscutella coosensis Grant and Hertlein p. 54
1938Scutella coosensis Turner p. 41
1942Eoscutella coosensis Weaver p. 7

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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
familyEoscutellidae
genusEoscutella
speciescoosensis()

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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