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Echinocyamus petalus

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae

Taxonomy
Echinocyamus petalus was named by Kier (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 563446 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eniwetok atoll, core E1, 2910-2920ft, which is in a Priabonian perireef or subreef limestone in the Marshall Islands.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Echinocyamus petalus Kier p. 1121 figs. Pl 302, figs 1-7; text-fig 330

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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()
infraorderLaganiformes
familyFibulariidae()
genusEchinocyamusvan Phelsum 1774
speciespetalus

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.

†Echinocyamus petalus Kier 1964
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Diagnosis
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