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Mecaster orbignyanus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae

Taxonomy
Hemiaster orbignyanus was named by Desor (1857).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Hemiaster orbignyanus Desor
1995Mecaster orbignyanus Néraudeau et al. p. 418 figs. 6c, 8
2017Mecaster orbignyanus Yakouya-Moubamba and Musavu Moussavou p. 107 fig. 5E,F

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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
speciesorbignyanus(Desor 1857)

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 orbignyanus Desor 1857
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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: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Saudi Arabia Mecaster orbignyanus (195497 195499)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Gabon Mecaster orbignyanus (209609)