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Lenticidaris utahensis

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Triadotiaridae

Taxonomy
Lenticidaris utahensis was named by Kier (1968). Its type specimen is USNM S5088, a test, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is USNM 9342, 9 Miles Southwest of St. George, which is in a Spathian marine sandstone in the Virgin Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Lenticidaris utahensis Kier p. 1001
1977Lenticidaris utahensis Kier p. 6 figs. Pl 1, figs 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyTriadotiaridae
genusLenticidaris
speciesutahensis

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 calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:08:25
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:42:21
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Spathian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (Utah) Lenticidaris utahensis (116017)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2USA (Utah) Lenticidaris utahensis (62974 63006 63009 63029 63205 63296 64715 type locality: 72294)