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Abertella aberti

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Abertellidae

Taxonomy
Scutella aberti was named by Conrad (1842). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Abertella.

It was corrected as Scutella alberti by Meek (1864) and Dall (1892); it was recombined as Abertella aberti by Durham (1953) and Martinez et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Scutella aberti Conrad p. 194
1848Scutella alberti Bronn p. 1125
1864Scutella alberti Meek p. 2
1892Scutella alberti Dall
1904Scutella aberti Clark p. 432
1906Scutella aberti Clark p. 258 figs. pl. 22, fig. 17
1915Scutella aberti Clark and Twitchell p. 187
1942Scutella aberti Cooke p. 19
1953Abertella aberti Durham p. 350
2005Abertella aberti Martinez et al. p. 1229

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyAbertellidae
genusAbertellaDurham 1953
speciesaberti(Conrad 1842)

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.

Abertella aberti Conrad 1842
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Diagnosis
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