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Encope annectans

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae

Taxonomy
Encope annectans was named by Jackson (1917). Its type specimen is USNM 324454, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. arcensis, E. chaneyi, E. loretoensis, E. scrippsae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Encope annectans Jackson pp. 491-492 figs. pl. 65, figs. 1, 2; pl. 66, fig. 1

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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
familyMellitidae
genusEncope
speciesannectans

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.

†Encope annectans Jackson 1917
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Encope annectans (145332)