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Echinocardium marylandiense

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Loveniidae

Taxonomy
Echinocardium marylandiense was named by Kier (1972). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Scientist Cliffs [Calvert Beach Mbr, Calvert Fm], which is in a Serravallian marginal marine sandstone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Echinocardium marylandiense Kier p. 16 figs. pl. 6; pl. 7, figs. 2, 3; pl. 8, figs. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
superfamilySpatangidea
familyLoveniidae
genusEchinocardiumGray 1825
speciesmarylandiense

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 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: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Echinocardium marylandiense (70830 type locality: 155893)