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Botriopygus antillarum

Echinoidea - Nucleolitidae

Taxonomy
Echinanthus antillarum was named by Cotteau (1875). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Botriopygus antillarum by Sanchez Roig (1926).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Echinanthus antillarum Cotteau p. 26 figs. pl. 4, figs. 9, 12
1926Botriopygus antillarum Sanchez Roig p. 70

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
familyNucleolitidae
genusBotriopygus
speciesantillarum(Cotteau 1875)

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.

†Botriopygus antillarum Cotteau 1875
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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 mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Cuba Botriopygus antillarum (91158 91159)