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Micropsis

Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Micropsis Clark and Twitchell p. 63
1966Micropsis Fell and Pawson p. U401
2002Micropsis Sepkoski
2005Micropsis Parma and Casadío p. 1074

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
suborderPhymosomatoida()
familyPhymosomatidae
genusMicropsis

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.

G. †Micropsis
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Micropsis desori Leymerie and Cotteau 1856
Micropsis lineatus Clark and Twitchell 1915
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingsubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:30:22
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:47:39
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Danian or 72.20000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) M. lineatus (203429)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands M. caementa (32177)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) M. desori (5162)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (La Pampa) M. desori (52354)