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Salenia anthophora

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Taxonomy
Salenia anthophora was named by Muller (1847).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Salenia anthophora Muller
1979Salenia anthophora Geys p. 313 figs. 10.5-10.6, 11.1-11.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
orderSalenioida()
familySaleniidae()
genusSalenia
speciesanthophoraMuller 1847

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.

Salenia anthophora Muller 1847
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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: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:07:36
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:48:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Salenia anthophora (196782 196783)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Salenia anthophora (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Salenia anthophora (32148)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Salenia anthophora (196775)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Kazakhstan Salenia anthophora (48025)