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Mecaster pseudofourneli

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae

Taxonomy
Hemiaster pseudofourneli was named by Peron and Gauthier (1878).

It was recombined as Mecaster pseudofourneli by Néraudeau et al. (1995), Néraudeau and Courville (1997) and Yakouya-Moubamba and Musavu Moussavou (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Hemiaster pseudofourneli Peron and Gauthier
1935Hemiaster pseudofourneli Furon p. 44 figs. Pl 1, fig 2
1995Mecaster pseudofourneli Néraudeau et al. p. 418 figs. 6d,e, 7
1997Mecaster pseudofourneli Néraudeau and Courville p. 840 figs. 6.3, 6.7
2017Mecaster pseudofourneli Yakouya-Moubamba and Musavu Moussavou p. 106 figs. 4D, 7I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
familyHemiasteridae
genusMecaster
speciespseudofourneli(Peron and Gauthier 1878)

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.

Mecaster pseudofourneli Peron and Gauthier 1878
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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: 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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt Hemiaster pseudofourneli (150677)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Jordan Mecaster pseudofourneli (140949)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Saudi Arabia Mecaster pseudofourneli (195501)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Hemiaster pseudofourneli (140114)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Nigeria Mecaster pseudofourneli (4040 4045 4048 4055 4058 28152 28153 28154 210160 210161)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Gabon Mecaster pseudofourneli (209609 209611)