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Durhamella ocalana

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Neolaganidae

Taxonomy
Laganum ocalanum was named by Cooke (1942).

It was recombined as Durhamella ocalana by Kier (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. floridana, D. oculanum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Laganum ocalanum Cooke p. 23
1968Durhamella ocalana Kier p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderLaganina
familyNeolaganidae
genusDurhamella
speciesocalana()

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.

†Durhamella ocalana Cooke 1942
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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, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Georgia) Durhamella ocalana (203603)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9USA (Florida) Laganum ocalanum (99208)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) Laganum ocalanum (61114)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) Laganum ocalanum (3535 61109 204635)