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Cassidulus gouldii

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Taxonomy
Pygorhynchus gouldii was named by Bouve (1846). Its type specimen is Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1756A, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cassidulus (Pygorhynchus) gouldii by Clark and Twitchell (1915); it was recombined as Procassidulus (Hardouinia) gouldii by Lambert and Thiéry (1921); it was recombined as Cassidulus (Cassidulus) gouldii by Cooke (1942); it was recombined as Cassidulus gouldii by Cooke (1959).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Casidulus trojanensis, C. kieri

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Pygorhynchus gouldii Bouve p. 192
1915Cassidulus (Pygorhynchus) gouldii Clark and Twitchell p. 171
1915Cassidulus (Pygorhynchus) alabamensis Clark and Twitchell p. 172 figs. pl. 80, figs. 3a-d
1921Procassidulus (Hardouinia) alabamensis Lambert and Thiéry p. 362
1921Procassidulus (Hardouinia) gouldii Lambert and Thiéry p. 363
1942Cassidulus (Cassidulus) alabamensis Cooke p. 31
1942Cassidulus (Cassidulus) gouldii Cooke p. 31
1959Cassidulus gouldii Cooke p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
suborderCassidulina
familyCassidulidae
genusCassidulus
speciesgouldii(Bouve 1846)

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.

†Cassidulus gouldii Bouve 1846
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Invalid names: Cassidulus (Cassidulus) alabamensis Clark and Twitchell 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
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 17:48:53
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:57:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Hemphillian or 33.90000 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Cassidulus alabamensis (203475)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Florida) Cassidulus gouldii (61122 61123)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Georgia) Cassidulus gouldii (203474)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Georgia) Cassidulus gouldii (155967 155968 155969)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Alabama) Cassidulus gouldii (89608)