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Neocatopygus

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Neolampadidae

Taxonomy
Neocatopygus is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Neocatopygus Kier p. 204
1966Neocatopygus Kier p. U518
2002Neocatopygus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
suborderNeolampadina
familyNeolampadidae
familyPliolampadidae
genusNeocatopygus

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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Neocatopygus caobaense Sanchez-Roig 1953
Neocatopygus rotundus Duncas and Sladen 1882
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:14:56
Modified: 2004-02-29 12:14:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Middle Eocene or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07India N. rotundus (42873)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Cuba N. caobaense (155852)