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Parvispina harpago

Holothuroidea - Aspidochirotida

Taxonomy
Parvispina harpago was named by Kornicker and Imbrie (1958). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype CU 28,623 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Deep Creek Road, SE of Manhattan, which is in an Asselian coastal shale in the Florena Formation of Kansas.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Deflandre-Rigaud (1962).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Parvispina harpago Kornicker and Imbrie p. 94 figs. Pl. 1 figs 8-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderAspidochirotida
genusParvispina
speciesharpago

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.

Parvispina harpago Kornicker and Imbrie 1958
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-04 12:36:54
Modified: 2009-09-04 14:40:54
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Massin 1982

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Kansas) Parvispina harpago (12429 type locality: 95810)