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Cosmocyphus krimicus

Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae

Taxonomy
Rachiosoma krimica was named by Weber (1934).

It was recombined as Cosmocyphus krimicus by Jagt et al. (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2018-11-10

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Rachiosoma krimica Weber
1983Rachiosoma gigasei Geys p. 255 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-5
2018Cosmocyphus krimicus Jagt et al. p. 301 figs. 3-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
suborderPhymosomatoida()
familyPhymosomatidae
genusCosmocyphusPomel 1883
specieskrimicus(Weber 1934)

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.

Cosmocyphus krimicus Weber 1934
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Invalid names: Rachiosoma gigasei Geys 1983 [synonym]
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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Danian or 83.60000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


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