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Rachiosoma mortoni

Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae

Taxonomy
Cyphosoma mortoni was named by de Loriol (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 16242, Wahalak, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in Mississippi.

It was recombined as Coptosoma mortoni by Clark and Twitchell (1915); it was recombined as Rachiosoma mortoni by Cooke (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Cyphosoma mortoni de Loriol
1915Coptosoma mortoni Clark and Twitchell p. 62
1953Rachiosoma mortoni Cooke p. 9 figs. Pl 1, figs 12,13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
suborderPhymosomatoida()
familyPhymosomatidae
genusRachiosoma
speciesmortoni(de Loriol 1887)

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.

Rachiosoma mortoni de Loriol 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingsubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:30:22
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:47:39
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Cyphosoma mortoni (123370)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Rachiosoma mortoni (78103)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Rachiosoma mortoni (4167)