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Polytaxicidaris

Echinoidea - Archaeocidaridae

Taxonomy
Polytaxicidaris is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Archaeocidaridae by Fell (1966); and to Echinocystitoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Polytaxicidaris Fell p. U320
2002Polytaxicidaris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
familyArchaeocidaridae
genusPolytaxicidaris

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 calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 365.20000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. sp. (38294 38298 38302)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. sp. (38304 38306)