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Plesiodiadema jessoni

Echinoidea - Aspidodiadematoida - Aspidodiadematidae

Taxonomy
Pseudodiadema jessoni was named by Gregory (1896). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St Ives brick pit (BM collection), which is in an Oxfordian offshore claystone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Eosalenia jessoni by Smith (1995); it was recombined as Plesiodiadema jessoni by Smith (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Pseudodiadema jessoni Gregory
1905Eosalenia miranda Lambert
1995Eosalenia jessoni Smith p. 747 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-5; text-fig 1
2015Plesiodiadema jessoni Smith p. 46 figs. Pl 24, figs 1-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
orderAspidodiadematoida
familyAspidodiadematidae(Duncan 1889)
genusPlesiodiadema
speciesjessoni(Gregory 1896)

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.

Plesiodiadema jessoni Gregory 1896
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Invalid names: Eosalenia miranda Lambert 1905 [synonym]
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: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Eosalenia jessoni (93214)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (Buckinghamshire) Eosalenia jessoni (196232)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Pseudodiadema jessoni (191840)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (Cambridgeshire) Eosalenia jessoni (93211 93213)