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Coelopleurus castroi

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Taxonomy
Coelopleurus castroi was named by Maury (1930). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Right bank of Rio Gramame (Roudairia zone), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in Brazil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. fourtaui

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Coelopleurus castroi Maury p. 114 figs. pl. 5, fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
—Echinacea()
orderArbacioida()
familyArbaciidae()
genusCoelopleurus
speciescastroi

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.

†Coelopleurus castroi Maury 1930
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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: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-10 13:28:35
Modified: 2009-09-10 15:29:25
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Smith 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Brazil (Paraíba) Coelopleurus castroi (type locality: 88074)