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Discoides infera

Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Discoididae

Taxonomy
Discoidea infera was named by Desor (1858).

It was recombined as Discoides infera by Rabrenovic et al. (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Discoidea infera Desor p. 176 figs. Pl. 7, Fig. 4
2002Discoides infera Rabrenovic et al. p. 27 figs. Pl. 2, Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
orderHolectypoida
familyDiscoididae()
genusDiscoidesParkinson 1811
speciesinfera(Desor 1858)

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.

Discoides infera Desor 1858
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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 mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:03:22
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:45:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Discoides infera (59799 59811)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Serbia Discoides infera (164671)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom Discoides infera (59713)