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Dendraster vizcainoensis similaris

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae

Taxonomy
Dendraster vizcainoensis similaris was named by Grant and Hertlein (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Signal Hill (or Los Cerritos), which is in a Pleistocene marine horizon in the San Pedro Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Dendraster vizcainoensis similaris Grant and Hertlein p. 90 figs. Plate 27, Figs. 1, 2

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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
familyDendrasteridae
genusDendraster
speciesvizcainoensis
subspeciessimilaris

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.

Dendraster vizcainoensis similaris 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: 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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Dendraster vizcainoensis (type locality: 138720)