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Eiffelia
Taxonomy
Eiffelia was named by Walcott (1920) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 219,1006]. Its type is Eiffelia globosa. It is the type genus of Eiffeliidae.
It was assigned to Heteractinida by Sepkoski (2002); to Eiffeliidae by Finks et al. (2004) and Skovsted (2006); and to Calcarea by Bambach et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Heteractinida by Sepkoski (2002); to Eiffeliidae by Finks et al. (2004) and Skovsted (2006); and to Calcarea by Bambach et al. (2007).
Species
E. araniformis, E. globosa (type species), E. hispanica, Lenastella aculeata, Lenastella mucronata, Lenastella umbonata
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1920 | Eiffelia Walcott |
| 1981 | Lenastella Missarzhevsky and Mambetov |
| 2002 | Eiffelia Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Eiffelia Finks et al. p. 571 |
| 2006 | Eiffelia Skovsted p. 1095 |
| 2007 | Eiffelia Bambach et al. p. S80 |
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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.
G. †Eiffelia Walcott 1920
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†Eiffelia araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
†Eiffelia globosa Walcott 1920
†Eiffelia hispanica Sdzuy 1969
Invalid names: Lenastella Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available