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Catopygus pusillus

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Taxonomy
Catopygus pusillus was named by Clark (1891). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wordills, Monmouth, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Merchantville Formation of New Jersey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Catopygus pusillus Clark
1915Catopygus pusillus Clark and Twitchell p. 73
1953Catopygus pusillus Cooke p. 15 figs. Pl 5, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
suborderCassidulina
familyCassidulidae
genusCatopygus
speciespusillusClark 1891

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.

†Catopygus pusillus Clark 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available