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Platycystites ovalis

Paracrinoidea - Platycystitida - Platycystitidae

Taxonomy
Platycystites ovalis was named by Frest et al. (1979). Its type specimen is SUI 3953 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rye Cove, Clinchport, which is in an Ashbyan transition zone/lower shoreface packstone/grainstone in the Benbolt Formation of Virginia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. bassleri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Platycystites ovalis Frest et al. p. 390 figs. P1. 1, figs. 7-10; Text-figs. 6A, B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classParacrinoideaRegnell 1945
orderPlatycystitida
familyPlatycystitidaeParsley and Mintz 1975
subfamilyPlatycystitinaeParsley and Mintz 1975
genusPlatycystitesMiller 1889
speciesovalis

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.

†Platycystites ovalis Frest et al. 1979
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Diagnosis
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