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Hardouinia florealis

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida

Taxonomy
Clypeaster florealis was named by Morton (1833). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (Marshalltown, ANSP), which is in a Campanian marine sandstone in the Marshalltown Formation of Delaware.

It was recombined as Cassidulus florealis by Clark and Twitchell (1915); it was recombined as Hardouinia florealis by Cooke (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Clypeaster florealis Morton
1915Cassidulus florealis Clark and Twitchell p. 74
1953Hardouinia florealis Cooke p. 23 figs. Pl 8, figs 11-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
genusHardouinia()
speciesflorealis(Morton 1833)

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.

Hardouinia florealis Morton 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
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 17:48:53
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:57:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Clypeaster florealis (78138)