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Meristoschisma

Parablastoidea

Taxonomy
Meristoschisma is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Parablastoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Meristoschisma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
orderParablastoideaHudson 1907
genusMeristoschisma

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:33:01
Modified: 2004-02-29 13:33:01
Source: o = order, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Middle Ordovician or 470.00000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Kentucky) M. hudsoni (124619)