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Periarchus protuberans

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae

Taxonomy
Periarchus protuberans was named by Clark and Twitchell (1915). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shubuta Creek, which is in an Eocene marginal marine horizon in Mississippi.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Periarchus protuberans Clark and Twitchell p. 133 figs. Plate LXII Figs. 3a-f
1942Periarchus protuberans Cooke p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyProtoscutellidae
genusPeriarchus
speciesprotuberans

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.

Periarchus protuberans 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: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Periarchus protuberans (type locality: 192002)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Periarchus protuberans (3541)