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Echinolampas (Cypholampas) eocenicus

Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae

Taxonomy
Echinolampas (Cypholampas) eocenicus was named by Sanchez-Roig (1953). Its type specimen is Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 758, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Canteras de Caraballo, loma Caoba, San Diego de los Banos, which is in an Eocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. amplus, E. convacus, E. depressa, E. discoideus, E. lycopsericus, E. tanypetalis, E. turmulus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Echinolampas (Cypholampas) eocenicus Sanchez-Roig p. 149 figs. pl. 5, figs. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderEchinolampadoida
familyEchinolampadidae
genusEchinolampasGray 1825
subgenusCypholampas(Lambert 1906)
specieseocenicus

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.

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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: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Eocene or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Cuba Echinolampas eocenicus (type locality: 155852)