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Echinolampas aldrichi

Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae

Taxonomy
Echinolampas aldrichi was named by Clark and Twitchell (1915) [attributed to Twitchell only]. Its type specimen is USNM 55990, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 10050 - Gainestown [Chickasawhay Lmst], which is in an Oligocene marine limestone in the Chickasawhay Formation of Alabama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. amplus, E. convacus, E. depressa, E. discoideus, E. lycopsericus, E. tanypetalis, E. turmulus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Echinolampas aldrichi Clark and Twitchell p. 173 figs. pl. 81, figs. 1a-d, 2
1959Echinolampas aldrichi Cooke p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderEchinolampadoida
familyEchinolampadidae
genusEchinolampasGray 1825
speciesaldrichi

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.

†Echinolampas aldrichi Clark and Twitchell 1915
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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: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Rupelian or 28.40000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Echinolampas aldrichi (155961 155962 155963 155964 155965 155966)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Alabama) Echinolampas aldrichi (155954 155955 155956 type locality: 155957 155958 155959 155960)