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Macrocystella durandi

Rhombifera - Macrocystellidae

Taxonomy
Macrocystella durandi was named by Aceñolaza (1999). Its type specimen is PIL 14.530 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is En el camino que une Iturbe con el Abra Blanca y Coranzulí, which is in a Tremadoc marine shale in the Rupasca Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Macrocystella durandi Aceñolaza pp. 95 - 98 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
orderRhombiferaZittel 1879
superfamilyGlyptocystitoida(Bather 1899)
familyMacrocystellidaeBather 1899
genusMacrocystella
speciesdurandi

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.

†Macrocystella durandi Aceñolaza 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available