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Yunnanechinus luopingensis

Echinoidea

Taxonomy
Yunnanechinus luopingensis was named by Thompson et al. (2018). Its type specimen is LPI-32321, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Luoping biota (LPI collection), which is in a Pelsonian carbonate lime mudstone in the Guanling Formation of China. It is the type species of Yunnanechinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Yunnanechinus luopingensis Thompson et al. p. 4 figs. 1b-g

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
genusYunnanechinus
speciesluopingensis

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.

Yunnanechinus luopingensis Thompson et al. 2018
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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: Pelsonian or 244.24000 to 243.33000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Yunnan) Yunnanechinus luopingensis (type locality: 127488)