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Phymopedina marchamensis

Echinoidea - Pedinoida - Pedinidae

Taxonomy
Hemipedina marchamensis was named by Wright (1855). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Marcham, near Abingdon, which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in the Upper Calcareous Grit Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Phymopedina marchamensis by Smith (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Hemipedina marchamensis Wright
1858Hemipedina bouchardii Wright
2015Phymopedina marchamensis Smith p. 55 figs. Pl 32, figs 1-7; text-fig 8K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
orderPedinoida()
familyPedinidae()
genusPhymopedina
speciesmarchamensis(Wright 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.

Phymopedina marchamensis Wright 1855
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Invalid names: Hemipedina bouchardii Wright 1858 [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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Hemipedina marchamensis (196248)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Dorset) Phymopedina marchamensis (196249)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Dorset) Phymopedina marchamensis (196250)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Phymopedina marchamensis (11084)