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Abertella aberti

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Abertellidae

Taxonomy
Scutella aberti was named by Conrad (1842). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Abertella.

It was corrected as Scutella alberti by Meek (1864) and Dall (1892); it was recombined as Abertella aberti by Durham (1953), Martinez et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Scutella aberti Conrad p. 194
1848Scutella alberti Bronn p. 1125
1864Scutella alberti Meek p. 2
1892Scutella alberti Dall
1904Scutella aberti Clark p. 432
1906Scutella aberti Clark p. 258 figs. pl. 22, fig. 17
1915Scutella aberti Clark and Twitchell p. 187
1942Scutella aberti Cooke p. 19
1953Abertella aberti Durham p. 350
2005Abertella aberti Martinez et al. p. 1229

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyAbertellidae
genusAbertellaDurham 1953
speciesaberti(Conrad 1842)

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.

†Abertella aberti Conrad 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian - Serravallian27.3 - 11.63USA (Florida) Abertella aberti (35020)
Aquitanian - Messinian23.04 - 5.333USA (Florida) Abertella aberti (35022)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Abertella aberti (70843 79106 79111 79113 79114) Scutella aberti (60376)