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Hemiaster (Bolbaster) callidus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae

Taxonomy
Hemiaster (Bolbaster) callidus was named by McNamara (1987). Its type specimen is NMV P100503, a test, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Port Campbell Limestone, which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in the Port Campbell Limestone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Hemiaster (Bolbaster) callidus McNamara p. 346 figs. pl. 47, figs. 4-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
familyHemiasteridae
genusHemiaster
subgenusBolbaster()
speciescallidus

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: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Hemiaster callidus (type locality: 72231)