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Codiopsis stephensoni

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Taxonomy
Codiopsis stephensoni was named by Cooke (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108369 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 11347, Nueces River, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Escondido Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Codiopsis stephensoni Cooke p. 8 figs. Pl 1, figs 9-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderArbacioida()
familyArbaciidae()
genusCodiopsis
speciesstephensoni

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.

Codiopsis stephensoni Cooke 1953
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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 mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-10 13:28:35
Modified: 2009-09-10 15:29:25
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Smith 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Codiopsis stephensoni (type locality: 78102)