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Gauthieria spatulifera

Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae

Taxonomy
Cyphosoma spatuliferum was named by Forbes (1850).

It was recombined as Gauthieria spatulifera by Geys (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2018-01-04; modified by M. Clapham on 2018-10-08

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Cyphosoma spatuliferum Forbes p. 340
1980Gauthieria spatulifera Geys p. 214 figs. 4.3-4.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
suborderPhymosomatoida()
familyPhymosomatidae
genusGauthieriaLambert 1891
speciesspatulifera()

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.

Gauthieria spatulifera Forbes 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingsubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:30:22
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:47:39
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium Gauthieria spatulifera (3910)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium (Hainaut) Gauthieria spatulifera (3918 196830)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium Gauthieria spatulifera (3913 196780 196824)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Gauthieria spatulifera (3914)