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Eospondylus primigenius

Ophiuroidea - Phrynophiurida - Eospondylidae

Taxonomy
Ophiurella primigenia was named by Stürtz (1886). It is the type species of Eospondylus.

It was recombined as Eospondylus primigenia by Gregory (1897); it was recombined as Eospondylus primigenius by Schuchert (1915), Spencer (1925), Lehmann (1957) and Owen (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Ophiurella primigenia Stürtz p. 77 figs. pl. 8 figs. 1, 2
1890Ophiurella primigenia Stürtz p. 210 figs. pl. 26 figs. 6, 7
1897Eospondylus primigenia Gregory p. 1039
1915Eospondylus primigenius Schuchert p. 263
1925Eospondylus primigenius Spencer pp. 310-312 figs. text-figs. 206, pl. 21 fig. 9
1957Eospondylus primigenius Lehmann pp. 57-61 figs. text-fig. 16, pl. 15 figs. 1-6
1965Eospondylus primigenius Owen p. 556

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
orderPhrynophiurida
suborderEuryalina
familyEospondylidae
genusEospondylus
speciesprimigenius()

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.

Eospondylus primigenius Stürtz 1886
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-07 00:11:59
Modified: 2009-09-07 02:11:59
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Spencer and Wright 1966

Age range: Early/Lower Emsian or 409.10000 to 402.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany Eospondylus primigenius (26904)