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Disaster moeschi

Echinoidea - Disasteridae

Taxonomy
Dysaster moeschi was named by Desor (1858).

It was recombined as Disaster moeschi by Jesionek-Szymanska (1963), Smith (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Dysaster moeschi Desor
1963Disaster moeschi Jesionek-Szymanska p. 382 figs. Pl 7, figs 1a-d; text-plate 11, figs 10,11; text-plate 12, figs 2-11
1995Disaster moeschi Smith p. 750 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
familyDisasteridae
genusDisaster
speciesmoeschi(Desor 1858)

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.

Disaster moeschi Desor 1858
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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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Disaster moeschi (93214 196233)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Poland Disaster moeschi (196450 196451)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (Buckinghamshire) Disaster moeschi (196234)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Disaster moeschi (62728)