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Aspidocarpus

Stylophora - Mitrata

Taxonomy
Aspidocarpus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mitrocystitida by Lefebvre (2000); and to Mitrata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Aspidocarpus Lefebvre fig. 12
2002Aspidocarpus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderMitrataJaekel 1918
suborderMitrocystitidaCaster 1952
genusAspidocarpus

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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†Aspidocarpus discoidalis Cripps 1990
†Aspidocarpus riadanensis Chauvel 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 12:03:51
Modified: 2004-02-29 14:06:05
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Dobrotivian or 461.00000 to 459.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Morocco (Anti Atlas) A. sp. (194010)