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Decaschisma

Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Phaenoschismatidae

Discussion

Fay, 1961b

Taxonomy
Decaschisma was named by Fay (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-l Sepkoski's reference number: 82]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phaenoschismatidae by Fay and Wanner (1967); and to Fissiculata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Decaschisma Fay p. S400
1967Decaschisma Fay and Wanner p. S400
2002Decaschisma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
orderFissiculataJaekel 1918
familyPhaenoschismatidaeEtheridge and Carpenter 1886
genusDecaschismaFay 1961

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.

G. †Decaschisma Fay 1961
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Decaschisma lorae Dunbar 1920
Decaschisma pulchellus Miller and Dyer 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-12-09 05:26:13
Modified: 2009-12-09 07:26:53
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Lochkovian or 438.60000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (Iowa) D. sp. (26699)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (Indiana) D. sp. (26805)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Indiana) D. pulchellum (26778 26787 26789 26792 26794) D. sp. (26700)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Tennessee) D. pulchellum (26788 26802)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Tennessee) D. lorae (3598 26786 230512)