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Clypeaster sanchezi

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae

Taxonomy
Clypeaster sanchezi was named by Lambert (1924). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pueblo de Cañas, Pinar del Río, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Cuba.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Clypeaster sanchezi Lambert p. 48 figs. pl. 6, fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderClypeasterina()
familyClypeasteridae()
genusClypeaster
speciessancheziLambert 1924

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.

Clypeaster sanchezi Lambert 1924
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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: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Cuba Clypeaster sanchezi (type locality: 91141)