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Cosmocyphus

Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae

Taxonomy
Cosmocyphus was named by Pomel (1883). Its type is Cyphosoma saemanni.

It was assigned to Phymosomatidae by Jagt et al. (2018).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Cosmocyphus Pomel
2018Cosmocyphus Jagt et al. p. 300

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
suborderPhymosomatoida()
familyPhymosomatidae
genusCosmocyphusPomel 1883

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.

G. †Cosmocyphus Pomel 1883
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Cosmocyphus krimicus Weber 1934
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Invalid names: Rachiosoma gigasei Geys 1983 [synonym]
Cosmocyphus saemanni Coquand 1860
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Danian or 85.70000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Spain C. cantaber (234957)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium C. krimicus (197424) Rachiosoma gigasei (196850)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark C. krimicus (197425 197426)