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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderClypeasterina()
familyClypeasteridae()
genusClypeaster
speciesoxybaphonJackson 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 et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

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
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) Clypeaster oxybaphon (3569)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Jamaica Clypeaster oxybaphon (7214 7215 7216)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Florida) Clypeaster oxybaphon (155953)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Texas) Clypeaster oxybaphon (69932)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Panama Clypeaster oxybaphon (92985)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Cuba Clypeaster platygaster (91139)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Clypeaster profundus (41473)