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Clypeaster oxybaphon

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae

Taxonomy

Clypeaster oxybaphon was named by Jackson (1922). Its type specimen is USNM 328241, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. australasiae, C. biarritzensis, C. julii, C. scillae

Synonyms

Clypeaster platygaster was named by Jackson (1922). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Clypeaster oxybaphon by Cooke (1959).
Clypeaster pinarensis was named by Lambert and Sanchez-Roig (1949). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Clypeaster oxybaphon by Cooke (1959).
Clypeaster polygonalis was named by Sanchez-Roig (1949). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Clypeaster oxybaphon by Cooke (1959).
Clypeaster profundus was named by Sanchez-Roig (1949). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Clypeaster oxybaphon by Cooke (1959).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1922	Clypeaster oxybaphon Jackson p. 44 figs. pl. 7, figs. 3, 4. pl. 8, figs. 1-3
1922	Clypeaster platygaster Jackson p. 45 figs. pl. 9, figs. 1, 2
1926	Clypeaster platygaster Sanchez Roig p. 55
1942	Clypeaster oxybaphon Cooke p. 13
1949	Clypeaster pinarensis Lambert and Sanchez-Roig p. 86 figs. pl. 12, figs. 1, 2
1949	Clypeaster polygonalis Sanchez-Roig p. 84 figs. pl. 7, figs. 1, 2
1949	Clypeaster profundus Sanchez-Roig p. 91 figs. pl. 6, figs. 1-3
1959	Clypeaster oxybaphon Cooke p. 35

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Eleutherozoa
—	Echinozoa	()
class	Echinoidea	()
subclass	Euechinoidea	Bronn 1860

Rank	Name	Author
superorder	Acroechinoidea	()
—	Carinacea
—	Irregularia	()
—	Microstomata
—	Neognathostomata
order	Clypeasteroida
suborder	Clypeasterina	()
family	Clypeasteridae	()
genus	Clypeaster
species	oxybaphon	Jackson 1922

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.

†Clypeaster oxybaphon Jackson 1922

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Invalid names: Clypeaster pinarensis Lambert and Sanchez-Roig 1949 [synonym], Clypeaster platygaster Jackson 1922 [synonym], Clypeaster polygonalis Sanchez-Roig 1949 [synonym], Clypeaster profundus Sanchez-Roig 1949 [synonym]

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:

semi-infaunalo

Diet:

detritivoreo

Vision:

limitedc

Dispersal:

waterp

Dispersal 2:

planktonicp

Created:

2004-02-28 18:19:59

Modified:

2009-10-08 15:05:22

Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum

References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 37.71000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Florida)	Clypeaster oxybaphon (3569)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Jamaica	Clypeaster oxybaphon (7214 7215 7216)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Florida)	Clypeaster oxybaphon (155953)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (Texas)	Clypeaster oxybaphon (69932)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Panama	Clypeaster oxybaphon (92985)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene	23.04 - 11.63	Cuba	Clypeaster platygaster (91139)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)	Clypeaster profundus (41473)