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Gagaria crenularis

Echinoidea - Temnopleuroida

Taxonomy
Gagaria crenularis was named by Linder et al. (1988). Its type specimen is UCMP 38205, a test, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Butte Creek [Abiqua Mbr, Scotts Mills Fm], which is in a Chattian shallow subtidal limestone in the Scotts Mills Formation of Oregon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Gagaria crenularis Linder et al. p. 953 figs. figs. 4.5-4.9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
orderTemnopleuroida()
genusGagariaDuncan 1889
speciescrenularis

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.

Gagaria crenularis Linder et al. 1988
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. A. Linder et al. 1988est small, low hemispherical; zygopores arcuate within trigeminous echinoid-type ambulacra; test not sculp- tured; ambulacral and interambulacral primary tubercles ar- ranged in two irregular vertical series, crenulated and imper- forate; secondary interambulacral tubercles crenulate, arranged in irregular vertical
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:08:09
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:49:28
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Oregon) Gagaria crenularis (type locality: 90569)