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Pygurostoma pasionense

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida

Taxonomy
Pygurostoma pasionensis was named by Cooke (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 26901 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Amelia, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in Guatemala.

It was corrected as Pygurostoma pasionense by Cooke (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Pygurostoma pasionensis Cooke
1953Pygurostoma pasionense Cooke p. 14 figs. Pl 16, figs 6-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
genusPygurostoma
speciespasionense(Cooke 1949)

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.

†Pygurostoma pasionense Cooke 1949
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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: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:48:53
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:57:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Guatemala (Peten) Pygurostoma pasionensis (type locality: 78121)