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Eotiaris connorsi

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Miocidaridae

Taxonomy
Miocidaris connorsi was named by Kier (1965). Its type specimen is USNM 144195 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM734, Hegler (Ligon) Ranch, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian slope limestone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Eotiaris connorsi by Thompson (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Miocidaris connorsi Kier p. 453 figs. Pl 55, figs 1-3
2015Eotiaris connorsi Thompson p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyMiocidaridae
genusEotiaris
speciesconnorsi()

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.

†Eotiaris connorsi Kier 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:08:25
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:42:21
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Miocidaris connorsi (type locality: 106127)