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Agassizia (Anisaster) mossomi

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Agassizia (Anisaster) mossomi was named by Cooke (1942). Its type specimen is USNM 498989, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Agassizia mossomi by Kier (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Agassizia (Anisaster) mossomi Cooke p. 46 figs. pl. 5, figs. 14-17
1959Agassizia (Anisaster) mossomi Cooke p. 76
1997Agassizia mossomi Kier p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusAgassiziaValenciennes 1846
subgenusAnisaster
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.

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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: base of the Arikareean to the top of the Chattian or 29.50000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Florida) Agassizia mossomi (35014 60665 155936)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Florida) Agassizia mossomi (17476)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Mississippi) Agassizia mossomi (204653)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Agassizia mossomi (71650 151325)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Texas) Agassizia mossomi (69932)