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Leptarbacia argutus

Echinoidea - Hemicidaridae

Taxonomy
Leptarbacia argutus was named by Clark and Twitchell (1915). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fort Worth, Cretaceous, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine horizon in Texas. It is the type species of Leptarbacia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Leptarbacia argutus Clark and Twitchell p. 53 figs. Plate XVI, Figs. 1a-f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
familyHemicidaridae
genusLeptarbacia
speciesargutus

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.

Leptarbacia argutus Clark and Twitchell 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 106.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Leptarbacia argutus (58637)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9USA (Texas) Leptarbacia argutus (type locality: 203428)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Leptarbacia argutus (88218)