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Durhamella floridanum

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Neolaganidae

Taxonomy
Laganum floridanum was named by Clark and Twitchell (1915) [attributed to Twitchell only]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Turks Cave, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Alabama.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Laganum floridanum Clark and Twitchell p. 163 figs. Plate LXXV, Figs. 3a-d
1942Laganum floridanum Cooke p. 23
1968Durhamella floridanum Kier p. 29

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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
speciesfloridanum()

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 floridanum Clark and Twitchell 1915
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 37.71000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) Laganum floridanum (61114)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Laganum floridanum (3548)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Laganum floridanum (type locality: 203470)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Florida) Laganum floridanum (42440)