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Catopygus carinatus

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Taxonomy
Nucleolites carinatus was named by Goldfuss (1826).

It was recombined as Catopygus carinatus by Kier (1962).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Nucleolites carinatus Goldfuss
1962Catopygus carinatus Kier p. 72

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
suborderCassidulina
familyCassidulidae
genusCatopygus
speciescarinatus(Goldfuss 1826)

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.

Catopygus carinatus Goldfuss 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
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 17:48:53
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:57:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charentes) Catopygus carinatus (64881)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charente-Maritime) Catopygus carinatus (64878)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Catopygus carinatus (87797)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Catopygus carinatus (59799 59806 59807 59808)