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Cyclaster sanchezi

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Cyclaster sanchezi was named by Lambert (1922). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sierra Maraguan, Camagüey, which is in a Senonian marine horizon in Cuba.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Cyclaster sanchezi Lambert
1926Cyclaster sanchezi Sanchez Roig p. 113
1984Cyclaster sanchezi Kier p. 92

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusCyclasterCotteau 1856
speciessancheziLambert 1922

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.

†Cyclaster sanchezi Lambert 1922
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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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Senonian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Senonian100.5 - 66.0Cuba Cyclaster sanchezi (type locality: 91178)