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Gillocystis polypoda

Ophiocistioidea - Rhenosquamidae

Taxonomy
Gillocystis polypoda was named by Jell (1983). Its type specimen is NMV P73472 and is a mold. Its type locality is NMVPL1841 echinoderms, central Victoria, which is in a Devonian marine sandstone in the Humevale Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Gillocystis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Gillocystis polypoda Jell p. 226 figs. 9-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classOphiocistioidea()
familyRhenosquamidae
genusGillocystis
speciespolypoda

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.

†Gillocystis polypoda Jell 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available