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Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus) depressus

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Taxonomy
Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus) depressus was named by Clark and Twitchell (1915). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baker County, GA, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Georgia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus) depressus Clark and Twitchell p. 144 figs. Plate LXVI Figs. 4a-e, 5a-b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
suborderCassidulina
familyCassidulidae
genusCassidulus
subgenusRhynchopygus(d'Orbigny 1856)
speciesdepressus

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.

Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus) depressus Clark and Twitchell 1915
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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: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:48:53
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:57:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Cassidulus depressus (type locality: 203464)