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Plegiocidaris bradfordensis

Echinoidea - Cidaroida

Taxonomy
Cidaris bradfordensis was named by Wright (1857). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bradford-on-Avon (Discus zone), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in the Forest Marble Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Plegiocidaris bradfordensis by Smith (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Cidaris bradfordensis Wright
2015Plegiocidaris bradfordensis Smith p. 33 figs. Pl 19; text-figs 3R, 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
genusPlegiocidarisPomel 1883
speciesbradfordensis(Wright 1857)

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.

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Diagnosis
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