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Clypeolampas

Echinoidea - Clypeolampadidae

Taxonomy

Clypeolampas is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Clypeolampadidae by Kier (1962), Kier (1966), Smith (1995); and to Cassiduloida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

C. gosaviensis, C. lestelli, C. ovatus (syn. C. douvillei, Clypeaster leskei, C. mengaudi), C. perovalis, C. vishnu

Species lacking formal opinion data

C. leskei

Synonyms

Clypeolampas vishnu was named by Noetling (1897).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Smith (1995).
Clypeolampas gosaviensis was named by Lambert (1907).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Smith (1995).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1897	Clypeolampas vishnu Noetling
1907	Clypeolampas gosaviensis Lambert
1962	Clypeolampas Kier p. 187
1966	Clypeolampas Kier p. U515
1995	Clypeolampas Smith
2002	Clypeolampas Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Eleutherozoa
—	Echinozoa	()
class	Echinoidea	()

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Euechinoidea	Bronn 1860
superorder	Acroechinoidea	()
—	Carinacea
—	Irregularia	()
—	Microstomata
—	Neognathostomata
family	Clypeolampadidae
genus	Clypeolampas

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. †Clypeolampas

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†Clypeolampas lestelli Cotteau 1887

†Clypeolampas ovatus Lamarck 1816

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Invalid names: Clypeaster leskei Goldfuss 1829 [synonym], Clypeolampas douvillei Lambert 1919 [synonym], Clypeolampas mengaudi Lambert 1919 [synonym]

†Clypeolampas perovalis Arnaud 1877

Invalid names: Clypeolampas gosaviensis Lambert 1907 [nomen dubium], Clypeolampas vishnu Noetling 1897 [nomen dubium]

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 Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 85.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Spain	C. sp. (66979)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Spain	C. mengaudi (24251)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Spain	C. ovatus (3770 3772)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Türkiye	C. leskei (34586)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Spain (Santander)	C. ovatus (157003 157004)