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Taimanawa prisca

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Taimanawa prisca was named by Henderson (1975). Its type specimen is EC.587, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Taimanawa prisca Henderson pp. 49-50 figs. pl. 13, figs. 4-6; pl. 14, fig. 6

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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
genusTaimanawaHenderson and Fell 1969
speciesprisca

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.

†Taimanawa prisca Henderson 1975
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Kaiatan or 39.10000 to 36.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand Taimanawa prisca (4887 155835)
Kaiatan - Runangan39.1 - 34.6New Zealand Taimanawa prisca (155831 155832)