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Micropsis lineatus

Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae

Taxonomy
Micropsis lineatus was named by Clark and Twitchell (1915). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bonham Road, Denison, which is in a Cretaceous marine marl in the Denison Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. caementa, M. disori

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Micropsis lineatus Clark and Twitchell p. 63 figs. Plate XXV, Figs. 1a-c

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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
genusMicropsis
specieslineatus

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.

†Micropsis lineatus Clark and Twitchell 1915
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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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Cretaceous or 143.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Micropsis lineatus (type locality: 203429)