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Priscopedatus frizzelli

Holothuroidea - Priscopedatidae

Taxonomy
Priscopedatus frizzelli was named by Said and Barakat (1958). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is sample 22, along Wadi Maghara, which is in a Bajocian offshore packstone in Egypt.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Priscopedatus frizzelli Said and Barakat p. 268 figs. pl. 6 fig. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
familyPriscopedatidae
genusPriscopedatus
speciesfrizzelli

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.

Priscopedatus frizzelli Said and Barakat 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: shallow infaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:09:31
Modified: 2010-02-11 06:36:04
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Bathonian or 170.90000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Egypt Priscopedatus frizzelli (type locality: 99485)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Egypt Priscopedatus frizzelli (99487)