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Cardabia

Echinoidea - Corystusidae

Taxonomy
Cardabia was named by Foster and Philip (1978) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than Sepkoski's reference number: 572].

It was assigned to Corystidae by Foster and Philip (1978); and to Holasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Cardabia Foster and Philip p. 798
2002Cardabia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
familyCorystusidae
genusCardabia

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. †Cardabia Foster and Philip 1978
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Cardabia bullarensis Foster and Philip 1978
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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 61.66000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.66 - 56.0Australia (Western Australia) C. bullarensis (204581)