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Unifascia

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Prenasteridae

Taxonomy
Unifascia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Brissidae by Fischer (1966); to Unifasciidae by Kier (1980); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Unifascia Fischer p. U605
1980Unifascia Kier p. 53
2002Unifascia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familyPrenasteridae
familyUnifasciidae
genusUnifascia

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. †Unifascia
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Unifascia carolinensis Clark and Twitchell 1915
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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) U. carolinensis (5462)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) U. carolinensis (5354)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Macropneustes carolinensis (5436) U. carolinensis (5366 5383 5386)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (North Carolina) Macropneustes carolinensis (142965)