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Vaquerosella vaquerosensis

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae

Taxonomy
Scutella vaquerosensis was named by Kew (1920). Its type specimen is UcMP 11403 and 11404, and CAS 447 (cotypes) and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Echinarachnius vaquerosensis by Grant and Hertlein (1938); it was recombined as Vaquerosella vaquerosensis by Durham (1955).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Scutella vaquerosensis Kew pp. 77 - 78 figs. Plate 8, figure 3; plate 9, figures 1a, 1b, 1c
1932Scutella vaquerosensis Loel and Corey pp. 178 - 179 figs. Plate 5, figure 5; plate 6, figure 1
1938Echinarachnius vaquerosensis Grant and Hertlein p. 63
1955Vaquerosella vaquerosensis Durham p. 167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyEchinarachniidae
genusVaquerosella
speciesvaquerosensis()

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Scutella vaquerosensis (71215 71223 71224 71225 71228 71231) Vaquerosella vaquerosensis (94864)