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Pedinopsis pondi

Echinoidea - Pedinopsidae

Taxonomy
Pedinopsis pondi was named by Clark (1893). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Onion Creek, Travis, which is in a Coniacian marine chalk in the Austin Chalk Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Pedinopsis pondi Clark
1915Pedinopsis pondi Clark and Twitchell p. 65
1953Pedinopsis pondi Cooke p. 7 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
familyPedinopsidaeEl Qot et al. 2016
genusPedinopsis
speciespondiClark 1893

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.

†Pedinopsis pondi Clark 1893
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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: Coniacian or 89.80000 to 86.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (Texas) Pedinopsis pondi (type locality: 78101)