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Oligopygus herrari

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Oligopygidae

Taxonomy
Oligopygus herrari was named by Sanchez-Roig (1953). Its type specimen is Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 764, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Finca "Santa Ana", Corral Concepcion, Moron, which is in an Eocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Oligopygus herrari Sanchez-Roig pp. 154-155 figs. pl. 6, figs. 6, 7, 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
familyOligopygidae()
genusOligopygus
speciesherrari

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.

†Oligopygus herrari Sanchez-Roig 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Cuba Oligopygus herrari (type locality: 155871)