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Pericosmus zanolettii

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae

Taxonomy
Pericosmus zanolettii was named by Sanchez-Roig (1953). Its type specimen is Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 777, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loma "Los Constantinos", Marroquin, Moron, which is in an Eocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.

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

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Pericosmus zanolettii Sanchez-Roig pp. 169-170 figs. pl. 11, fig. 2

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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
specieszanolettii

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 zanolettii 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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Cuba Pericosmus zanolettii (type locality: 155876)