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Rhabdocidaris deubelbeissi

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae

Taxonomy
Rhabdocidaris deubelbeissi was named by Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller (2015). Its type specimen is NMBE D4617 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bed 118, Jakobsberg quarry, Auenstein AG, which is in an Oxfordian offshore marl in the Wildegg Formation of Switzerland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Rhabdocidaris deubelbeissi Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller p. 214 figs. Pl 7, figs 1a,b, 2a,b; pl 8, figs 1, 2a,b, 3a,b, 4a,b, 5, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyRhabdocidaridaeLambert 1900
genusRhabdocidarisDesor 1855
speciesdeubelbeissi

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.

Rhabdocidaris deubelbeissi Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:08:25
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:42:21
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Rhabdocidaris deubelbeissi (type locality: 196409)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Rhabdocidaris deubelbeissi (196410)