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Protocaudina mortenseni

Ophiocistioidea - Rotasacciidae

Taxonomy
Protocaudina mortenseni was named by Deflandre-Rigaud (1946). It is considered to be a form taxon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Protocaudina mortenseni Deflandre-Rigaud p. 514 figs. figs. 1, 2
1952Protocaudina mortenseni Deflandre-Rigaud p. 6
1962Protocaudina mortenseni Deflandre-Rigaud p. 98 figs. figs 148, 149, pl. 3 figs 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classOphiocistioidea()
familyRotasacciidae
genusProtocaudina
speciesmortenseni

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.

Protocaudina mortenseni Deflandre-Rigaud 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2010-01-15 07:38:35
Modified: 2010-01-15 09:38:35
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Haude 2004

Age range: Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Basse Normandie) Protocaudina mortenseni (94628)