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Kongielechinus magnituberculatus

Echinoidea - Lepidocentridae

Taxonomy
Kongielechinus magnituberculatus was named by Jesionek-Szymanska (1979). Its type specimen is Holotype: ZPAL ED 31 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Kongielechinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Kongielechinus magnituberculatus Jesionek-Szymanska p. 286–290 figs. text-figs 1C, 2A-E, 3, 4A, 5, 6; pls 17-23
2001Kongielechinus magnituberculatus Boczarowski pp. 92-93

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassPerischoechinoidea()
familyLepidocentridaeLovén 1874
genusKongielechinus
speciesmagnituberculatus

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.

Kongielechinus magnituberculatus Jesionek-Szymanska 1979
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Boczarowski 2001Ambulacral plates with up to two primary tubercles situated close to perradially located peripodium. The interambulacral plates with up to four large, primary tubercles, situated excentrically in large areoles. Half−pyramids erect, foramen magnum shallow; teeth flat, oligolamellar; rotulae thick, rectangular.
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: 2009-10-08 14:05:00
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:47:17
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Kongielechinus magnituberculatus (94473 94475 94476 94477 94478 94479 94506)