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Zeuglopleurus

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Temnopleuridae

Taxonomy
Zeuglopleurus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Temnopleuridae by Fell and Pawson (1966); and to Temnopleuroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Zeuglopleurus Fell and Pawson p. U426
2002Zeuglopleurus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderCamarodonta
infraorderTemnopleuridea
familyTemnopleuridae
genusZeuglopleurus

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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Zeuglopleurus pisum Schluter 1883
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Middle Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany Z. pisum (178204)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium Z. rowei (32171)