Protaeropsis larumbensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hemiasterina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Echinoidea Subclassis: Euechinoidea Superordo: Atelostomata Ordo: Spatangoida Subordo: Hemiasterina

Familia: Aeropsidae
Genus: †Protaeropsis
Species: †P. larumbensis

Name

†Protaeropsis larumbensis (C.H.Jeffery) Doweld, Zootaxa 4139(3): 421. 2016.

Holotype: BMNH EE 6073 (Natural History Museum, London).

Locus typicus: Larumbe, 3 km east of Irutzun, near Pamplona, Spain.

Stratigraphy: Palaeocene (Lower Thanetian, Coraster beds).

Synonyms

• Basionym
• Sphenaster larumbensis C.H.Jeffery, Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. (Geol.) 55: 131. 1999.

References

• Doweld, A.B. 2016. Protaeropsis, a new replacement generic name for fossil Sphenaster Jeffery, 1999 (Echinoidea: Spatangida) nec Wilcoxon, 1970 (Protista: Haptomonada). Zootaxa 4139(3): 421–423. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.6 Reference page.