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Clypeaster maoadentroensis

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae

Taxonomy
Clypeaster maoadentroensis was named by Kier (1992) [TYPE LOCALITY: Mao Adentro Limestone (Early Pliocene), Rio Cana section, Dominican Republic. TYPE REPOSITORY: NMB, Basel, Switzerland.]. Its type specimen is NMB M9746, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMB Loc. 17022 - Río Cana [Mao Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in the Mao Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. australasiae, C. biarritzensis, C. julii, C. scillae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Clypeaster maoadentroensis Kier pp. 17-18 figs. pl. 4, figs. 5-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderClypeasterina()
familyClypeasteridae()
genusClypeaster
speciesmaoadentroensis

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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