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Metaporinus

Echinoidea - Disasteridae

Taxonomy
Metaporinus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Echinoidea by Cotteau (1867); to Disasterinae by Jesionek-Szymanska (1963); to Disasteridae by Wagner and Durham (1966); and to Disasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Metaporhinus Cotteau
1963Metaporinus Jesionek-Szymanska p. 384
1966Metaporinus Wagner and Durham p. U527
2002Metaporinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
familyDisasteridae
subfamilyDisasterinaeGras 1848
genusMetaporinus

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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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: Early/Lower Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Hungary M. convexus (66031)