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Pseudopedina bakeri

Echinoidea - Echinothurioida - Pelanechinidae

Taxonomy
Pedina bakeri was named by Wright (1854). Its type specimen is BMNH E1538 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Crickley Hill (Wright collection), which is in a Murchisonae reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/marl in the Birdlip Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Pseudopedina bakeri by Smith (2015).

Synonyms
  • Soudetaster martinezae was named by Vadet et al. (2011). Its type specimen is BMNH E41162 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Crickley Hill (BMNH collection), which is in a Murchisonae reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/marl in the Birdlip Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudopedina bakeri by Smith (2015).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Pedina bakeri Wright
2011Soudetaster martinezae Vadet et al.
2015Pseudopedina bakeri Smith p. 39 figs. Pls 21, 22; text-figs 6E-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
orderEchinothurioida()
familyPelanechinidae
genusPseudopedina
speciesbakeri(Wright 1854)

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.

†Pseudopedina bakeri Wright 1854
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Invalid names: Soudetaster martinezae Vadet et al. 2011 [synonym]
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: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 09:26:37
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:35:10
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Aalenian or 174.10000 to 170.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Aalenian175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Pseudopedina bakeri (196221)
Murchisonae175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom (England) Pedina bakeri (type locality: 196365) Soudetaster martinezae (77240)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Pseudopedina bakeri (196222)
Laeviuscula171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Pseudopedina bakeri (196220)