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Lytechinus milleri

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Toxopneustidae

Taxonomy
Lytechinus milleri was named by Grant and Hertlein (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Suey Ranch, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Lytechinus milleri Grant and Hertlein p. 24 figs. Plate 15, Fig. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
—Echinacea()
orderCamarodonta
infraorderOdontophora
familyToxopneustidae
genusLytechinusAgassiz 1863
speciesmilleri

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.

†Lytechinus milleri Grant and Hertlein 1938
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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: 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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Lytechinus milleri (type locality: 203415)