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Pseudorthopsis

Echinoidea - Pedinoida - Pedinidae

Taxonomy
Pseudorthopsis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pedinidae by Fell (1966); and to Pedinoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Pseudorthopsis Fell p. U362
2002Pseudorthopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
orderPedinoida()
familyPedinidae()
genusPseudorthopsis

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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Pseudorthopsis rojasi Sanchez-Roig 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:05:28
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:46:48
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.20000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Cuba P. rojasi (155858)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Cuba P. rojasi (91160)