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Polycidaris gygii

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Taxonomy
Polycidaris gygii was named by Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller (2015). Its type specimen is FPJ 5441 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Plettenberg, near Dotternhausen, which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in the Lochen Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. nusplingensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Polycidaris gygii Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller p. 204 figs. Pl 2, figs 1a-2b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyPolycidaridae
genusPolycidaris
speciesgygii

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.

†Polycidaris gygii Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available