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Totiglobus

Edrioasteroidea - Edrioasterida - Totiglobidae

Taxonomy
Totiglobus is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Totiglobus nimius.

It was assigned to Edrioasterida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Totiglobidae by Wen et al. (2019).

Species
T. nimius (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Totiglobus Sepkoski
2019Totiglobus Wen et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classEdrioasteroideaBillings 1858
orderEdrioasteridaBell 1976
familyTotiglobidaeBell and Sprinkle 1978
genusTotiglobus

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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Totiglobus nimius Bell and Sprinkle 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Comments: Questionably attached.g
Created: 2009-04-15 11:40:17
Modified: 2009-04-15 13:40:17
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Solvan or 508.20000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Solvan508.2 - 504.5USA (Nevada) T. nimius (7899)