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Wellerocystis kimmswickensis

Paracrinoidea - Platycystitida - Malocystitidae

Taxonomy
Wellerocystis kimmswickensis was named by Foerste (1920). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Glen Park, which is in a Chatfieldian carbonate limestone in the Kimmswick Formation of Missouri.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Wellerocystis kimmswickensis Foerste p. 37 figs. text-fig. 1 ; pi. 1, figs. 12A, B
1975Wellerocystis kimmswickensis Parsley and Mintz p. 94 figs. PI. 13, figs. 1-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classParacrinoideaRegnell 1945
orderPlatycystitida
familyMalocystitidae(Bather 1899)
genusWellerocystis
specieskimmswickensis

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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