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Cibaster

Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae

Taxonomy
Cibaster was named by Pomel (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno K Camp Sepkoski's reference number: 942].

It was assigned to Holasteridae by Wagner and Durham (1966); and to Holasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Cibaster Pomel p. 48
1966Cibaster Wagner and Durham p. U528
2002Cibaster Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderHolasteroida
suborderMeridosternata
familyHolasteridae
genusCibaster

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. †Cibaster Pomel 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 10:02:19
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:44:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6France C. sp. (3737)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2France C. bourgeoisanus (3784)