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Hemipedina woodwardii

Echinoidea - Pedinoida - Pedinidae

Taxonomy
Hemipedina woodwardii was named by Wright (1855). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boulogne-sur-Mer (Cornbrash), which is in a Bathonian/Callovian carbonate limestone in the Cornbrash Formation of France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. minima

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Hemipedina woodwardii Wright
1882Hemipedina bathonica Cotteau
1883Hemipedina icaunensis Cotteau
2015Hemipedina woodwardii Smith p. 52 figs. Pl 29, figs 1-5; text-fig 8L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
orderPedinoida()
familyPedinidae()
genusHemipedina
specieswoodwardiiWright 1855

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.

†Hemipedina woodwardii Wright 1855
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Invalid names: Hemipedina bathonica Cotteau 1882 [synonym], Hemipedina icaunensis Cotteau 1883 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:05:28
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:46:48
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Early/Lower Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (Dorset) Hemipedina woodwardii (196242 196244)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2France Hemipedina woodwardii (type locality: 196243)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (Wiltshire) Hemipedina woodwardii (196241)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Hemipedina woodwardii (196245)