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Diploporaster flemingi

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Diploporaster flemingi was named by Henderson (1975). Its type specimen is E.332, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Diploporaster flemingi Henderson p. 18 figs. pl. 2, figs. 3-6, text-fig. 2a, b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusDiploporasterMortensen 1950
speciesflemingi

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.

†Diploporaster flemingi 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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Otaian to the top of the Lillburnian or 21.70000 to 13.05000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand Diploporaster flemingi (155794 155796)
Lillburnian15.1 - 13.05New Zealand Diploporaster flemingi (155792 155793)