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Hemipedina tuberculosa

Echinoidea - Pedinoida - Pedinidae

Taxonomy
Hemipedina tuberculosa was named by Wright (1855). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lyneham (BMNH collection), which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in the Coralline Oolite Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Hemipedina tuberculosa Wright
2015Hemipedina tuberculosa Smith p. 53 figs. Pl 30, figs 1-7; text-fig 8J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
orderPedinoida()
familyPedinidae()
genusHemipedina
speciestuberculosaWright 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 tuberculosa Wright 1855
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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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Middle Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Lorraine) Hemipedina tuberculosa (21273)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Hemipedina tuberculosa (42340)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Wiltshire) Hemipedina tuberculosa (196219 type locality: 196246)