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Salenia schencki

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Taxonomy
Salenia schencki was named by Zullo et al. (1964). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burn Road Bridge, Nehalem River, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Salenia schencki Zullo et al. p. 343

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
orderSalenioida()
familySaleniidae()
genusSalenia
speciesschencki

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.

Salenia schencki Zullo et al. 1964
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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: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:07:36
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:48:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Rupelian or 38.00000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Salenia schencki (type locality: 126108)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Oregon) Salenia schencki (201481 201483 201484 201486)