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Astrodapsis jacalitosensis

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae

Taxonomy
Astrodapsis jacalitosensis was named by Arnold (1909). Its type specimen is USNM 165610, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Astrodapsis jacalitosensis Arnold p. 63 figs. Plate XV, figure 5
1915Astrodapsis jacalitosensis Clark and Twitchell p. 203
1920Astrodapsis jacalitosensis Kew pp. 101 - 102 figs. Plate 20, figures 1a, 1b
1938Astrodapsis jacalitosensis Grant and Hertlein p. 74
1938Astrodapsis schencki Grant and Hertlein p. 76 figs. Fig. 8
1962Astrodapsis jacalitosensis Hall, Jr. pp. 79 - 80 figs. PI. 42, figs. 1-5 pi. 43, figs. 1-4 pi. 44, figs. 1-6

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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
familyEchinarachniidae
genusAstrodapsisConrad 1856
speciesjacalitosensis

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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Invalid names: Astrodapsis schencki Grant and Hertlein 1938 [synonym]
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Astrodapsis jacalitosensis (203544 216871 216900) Astrodapsis schencki (203548)