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Meoma tuberculata

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Meoma tuberculata was named by Hutton (1873). Its type specimen is EC.687, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pericosmus tuberculatus by Tate (1888).

Synonyms
  • Eupatagus decipiens was named by Tate (1891). It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was recombined as Macropneustes decipiens by Gregory (1892); it was recombined as Meoma decipiens by Tate and Dennant (1896); it was synonymized subjectively with Meoma tuberculata by Henderson (1975).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Meoma tuberculata Hutton p. 43
1888Pericosmus tuberculatus Tate p. 268
1891Eupatagus decipiens Tate p. 282
1892Macropneustes decipiens Gregory p. 436
1896Meoma decipiens Tate and Dennant p. 130
1975Meoma tuberculata Henderson p. 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusMeomaGray 1851
speciestuberculataHutton 1873

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.

†Meoma tuberculata Hutton 1873
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Invalid names: Meoma decipiens Tate 1891 [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: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Australia (South Australia) Meoma tuberculata (90085)