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Eupatagus stevensi

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Eupatagus stevensi was named by Grant and Hertlein (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 374, Las Llajas Canyon, which is in a Lutetian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Llajas Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. cranium, E. marianensis, E. mortoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Eupatagus stevensi Grant and Hertlein pp. 134-135 fig. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusEupatagusAgassiz 1847
speciesstevensi

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.

†Eupatagus stevensi Grant and Hertlein 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available