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Agassizia (Anisaster) wilmingtonica

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Agassizia (Anisaster) wilmingtonica was named by Cooke (1942). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wilmington City quarry, which is in a Bartonian deep subtidal ramp limestone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Agassizia (Anisaster) wilmingtonica Cooke p. 46 figs. Plate 5, Figs. 9-13
1980Agassizia (Anisaster) wilmingtonica Kier p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusAgassiziaValenciennes 1846
subgenusAnisaster
specieswilmingtonica

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Agassizia wilmingtonica (5366 5367 5383 5436 type locality: 5448)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Agassizia wilmingtonica (5354)