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Diplodetus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae

Taxonomy
Diplodetus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Brissidae by Fischer (1966); to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Micrasteridae by Parma and Casadío (2005).

Species
D. (Diplodetus), D. (Protobrissus), D. nutrix, D. recklinghausenensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. americanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Diplodetus Fischer p. U584
2002Diplodetus Sepkoski
2005Diplodetus Parma and Casadío p. 1078

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderMicrasterina
familyMicrasteridae()
genusDiplodetus

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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Subg. †Diplodetus (Diplodetus) Fischer 1966
†Diplodetus nutrix Boule 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Middle Santonian to the top of the Danian or 85.70000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Senonian - Paleocene100.5 - 56.0Netherlands (Limburg) D. bucardium (31455)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany D. recklinghausenensis (178204)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain D. sp. (24251)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium D. sp. (32171)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium (Liege) D. sp. (32147)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) D. cretaceus, D. sp. (31993)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) D. bucardium (32158) D. duponti, D. parvistella (32148 32151)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands D. americanus (3123)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) D. bucardium, D. parvistella (32159)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (La Pampa) D. nutrix (5167)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) D. bucardium (32149)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands D. parvistella (32162)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Netherlands (Limburg) D. americanus (32169)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (La Pampa) D. nutrix (5160)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Netherlands D. americanus (3122)