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Merriamaster weaveri

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae

Taxonomy
Merriamaster weaveri was named by Durham and Morgan (1978). Its type specimen is UCMP 14259, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Gregorio Beach, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in the Purisima Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Merriamaster weaveri Durham and Morgan pp. 301-303 fig. 3

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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
familyDendrasteridae
genusMerriamasterLambert 1911
speciesweaveri

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.

†Merriamaster weaveri Durham and Morgan 1978
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Diagnosis
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