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Placatenella complanata

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Placatenellidae

Taxonomy
Abertella complanata was named by Brito (1981). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Placatenella.

It was synonymized subjectively with Abertella pirabensis by Martinez et al. (2005); it was recombined as Placatenella complanata by Mooi et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Abertella complanata Brito
2018Placatenella complanata Mooi et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyPlacatenellidae
genusPlacatenella
speciescomplanata(Brito 1981)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Serravallian or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Abertella complanata (112590)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil Abertella complanata (112581)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Brazil (Para) Abertella complanata (58454)