Isorophida

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Isorophida
Temporal range: 488.3–272.5  Ma
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Isorophida

Bell, 1976 [1]
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Isorophida (the isorophids) is an extinct order of prehistoric echinoderms in the class Edrioasteroidea.

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References

  1. Phylogenetic implications of ontogenetic development in the class Edrioasteroidea (Echinodermata). BM Bell, Journal of Paleontology, 1976