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Pericosmus valenzuelai

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae

Taxonomy
Pericosmus valenzuelai was named by Sanchez-Roig (1953). Its type specimen is Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 775, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Finca "Sunset", carratera de Cayajabos a Artemisa, which is in a Miocene/Miocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pericosmus aguayoi by Kier (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. magnificus, P. spatangoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Pericosmus valenzuelai Sanchez-Roig pp. 167-168 figs. pl. 10, fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
superfamilyPaleopneustidea
familyPaleopneustidae
genusPericosmusAgassiz 1847
speciesvalenzuelai

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.

†Pericosmus valenzuelai Sanchez-Roig 1953
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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 Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Cuba Pericosmus valenzuelai (type locality: 155875)