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Isomicraster danei

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae

Taxonomy
Isomicraster danei was named by Cooke (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108391 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 13506, Rocky Comfort, which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Annona Chalk Formation of Arkansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Isomicraster danei Cooke p. 29 figs. Pl 11, figs 11-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
superfamilySpatangidea
familySpatangidae
genusIsomicraster
speciesdanei

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.

Isomicraster danei Cooke 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Texas) Isomicraster danei (78176)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Arkansas) Isomicraster danei (type locality: 78175)