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Glyphopneustes

Echinoidea - Glyphopneustidae

Taxonomy
Glyphopneustes is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Glyphopneustidae.

It was assigned to Hyposaleniinae by Fell and Pawson (1966); to Glyphopneustidae by Smith (1995); and to Salenioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Glyphopneustes Fell and Pawson p. U380
1995Glyphopneustes Smith p. 149
2002Glyphopneustes Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
familyGlyphopneustidae
genusGlyphopneustes

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: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Oman G. sp. (151618)