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Paleoechinoneus hannai

Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Echinoneidae

Taxonomy
Paleoechinoneus hannai was named by Grant and Hertlein (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Antonio del Mar, north, which is in a Cretaceous marine horizon in Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Paleoechinoneus hannai Grant and Hertlein p. 105 figs. Plate 23, Fig. 4, 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
orderEchinoneoida()
familyEchinoneidae()
genusPaleoechinoneus
specieshannai

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.

†Paleoechinoneus hannai 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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Cretaceous or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Mexico (Baja California) Paleoechinoneus hannai (type locality: 203575)