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Gagaria mossomi

Echinoidea - Temnopleuroida

Taxonomy
Thylechinus (Gagaria) mossomi was named by Cooke (1941) [MEASUREMENTS: First listed ecotype used for measurements.]. Its type specimen is USNM 372885, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 11116 - Blackwater Creek [Suwannee Lmst], which is in a Rupelian carbonate limestone in the Suwannee Limestone Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Gagaria mossomi by Cooke (1959), Kier (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. foutatoroensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Thylechinus (Gagaria) mossomi Cooke p. 13 figs. pl. 2, fig. 16; pl. 3, figs. 6-9; pl. 4, figs. 3-5
1959Gagaria mossomi Cooke p. 17
1997Gagaria mossomi Kier p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
orderTemnopleuroida()
genusGagariaDuncan 1889
speciesmossomi()

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.

†Gagaria mossomi Cooke 1941
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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: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:08:09
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:49:28
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Florida) Gagaria mossomi (35013)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Florida) Gagaria mossomi (60665) Thylechinus mossomi (155935)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Gagaria mossomi (71650)