Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Synonym: Clypeaster (Palaeanthus) transsylvanicus Șuraru and Gábos 1967 [replaced name]
Full reference: J. F. Carrasco and N. Trif. 2023. Clypeaster surarui (Echinoidea, Eocene) a new name for Clypeaster transsylvanicus (Șuraru, Gábos & Șuraru, 1967) preoccupied name. Acta Paleontologia Romaniae 19(1):41-43
Belongs to Clypeaster according to J. F. Carrasco and N. Trif 2023
Sister taxa: Clypeaster (Palaeanthus), Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus), Clypeaster abruptus, Clypeaster antillarum, Clypeaster batheri, Clypeaster bowersi, Clypeaster butleri, Clypeaster carrizoensis, Clypeaster caudatus, Clypeaster concavus, Clypeaster cotteaui, Clypeaster cubensis, Clypeaster deserti, Clypeaster europacificus, Clypeaster excentricum, Clypeaster gatuni, Clypeaster herrerae, Clypeaster humilis, Clypeaster japonicus, Clypeaster lanceolatus, Clypeaster lopezriosi, Clypeaster maoadentroensis, Clypeaster meridanensis, Clypeaster ochrus, Clypeaster oxybaphon, Clypeaster parrae, Clypeaster parvus, Clypeaster placentoides, Clypeaster planipetalum, Clypeaster reticulatus, Clypeaster rogersi, Clypeaster rosaceus, Clypeaster rotundus, Clypeaster saipanicus, Clypeaster sanchezi, Clypeaster speciosus, Clypeaster subdepressus, Clypeaster sunnilandensis, Clypeaster topilanus, Clypeaster transsylvanicus, Clypeaster virescens
Type specimens:
- Clypeaster surarui: BBUPSM 15391, a test
- Clypeaster (Palaeanthus) transsylvanicus:
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Clypeaster surarui in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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