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Micropedina olisiponensis

Echinoidea - Hemicidaroida

Taxonomy
Echinus olisiponensis was named by Forbes in Sharpe (1850). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Micropedina olisiponensis by Brighton (1925), Furon (1935), Smith (1991), Néraudeau et al. (1995), Néraudeau and Courville (1997), Berndt (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Echinus olisiponensis Forbes in Sharpe p. 195 figs. pl. 25, fig. 1
1862Codiopsis cotteaui Coquand
1906Micropedina bipatellis Gregory
1925Micropedina olisiponensis Brighton p. 3 figs. 1-4
1935Micropedina olisiponensis Furon p. 45 figs. Pl 1, figs 1a,b
1991Micropedina olisiponensis Smith p. 32 figs. Pl 6A-I; text-figs 24,25
1995Micropedina olisiponensis Néraudeau et al. p. 411 fig. 3d
1997Micropedina olisiponensis Néraudeau and Courville p. 840 figs. 6.1, 6.8, 6.11
2003Micropedina olisiponensis Berndt p. 80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
—Echinacea()
superorderStirodontaJackson 1912
orderHemicidaroida()
genusMicropedinaCotteau 1866
speciesolisiponensis(Forbes in Sharpe 1850)

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.

†Micropedina olisiponensis Forbes in Sharpe 1850
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Invalid names: Codiopsis cotteaui Coquand 1862 [synonym], Micropedina bipatellis Gregory 1906 [synonym]
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: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 10:13:12
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:44:23
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Saudi Arabia Micropedina olisiponensis (195497 195501)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Jordan Micropedina olisiponensis (96247 96249)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Micropedina olisiponensis (150675)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Kyrgyzstan (Batken) Micropedina olisiponensis (3796)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil Micropedina olisiponensis (141007 141027 141028)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Micropedina olisiponensis (114798 114813 114896 140242)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Nigeria Micropedina olisiponensis (4048 4055 4059 210161)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil Micropedina olisiponensis (141009)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Nigeria Micropedina olisiponensis (83019)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria Micropedina olisiponensis (83021 83025 117606)