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Echinogalerus gehrdensis

Echinoidea - Holectypoida

Taxonomy
Caratomus gehrdensis was named by Roemer (1841).

It was recombined as Echinogalerus gehrdensis by Schneider and Neumann (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Caratomus gehrdensis Roemer
2006Echinogalerus gehrdensis Schneider and Neumann p. 76 fig. 20,21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
orderHolectypoida
genusEchinogalerus
speciesgehrdensis(Roemer 1841)

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.

Echinogalerus gehrdensis Roemer 1841
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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 mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:03:22
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:45:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany Echinogalerus gehrdensis (178204)