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Coptodiscus

Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Holectypidae

Taxonomy
Coptodiscus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Holectypidae by Wagner and Durham (1966), Smith (1995); and to Holectypoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Coptodiscus Wagner and Durham p. U444
1995Coptodiscus Smith p. 183
2002Coptodiscus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
orderHolectypoida
familyHolectypidae
genusCoptodiscus

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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Coptodiscus noemiae Cotteau and Gauthier 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:03:22
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:45:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 100.50000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) C. mengaudi (73862)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Oman C. noemiae (161069)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Saudi Arabia C. noemiae (195502)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Oman C. noemiae (161070)