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Cyphosomatidae

Echinoidea - Aulodonta - Cyphosomatidae

Taxonomy
Cyphosomatidae is a family.

It was assigned to Diademina by Clark and Twitchell (1915).

Subtaxa
Orthechinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Cyphosomatidae Clark and Twitchell p. 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassRegulariaLatreille 1825
orderAulodontaJackson 1912
suborderDiademinaDuncan 1889
familyCyphosomatidae
familyCyphosomatidae

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.

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G. †Orthechinus Gauthier
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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Pakistan Orthechinus sp. (77295)