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Thylechinus (Gagaria) salis

Echinoidea - Temnopleuroida

Taxonomy
Thylechinus (Gagaria) salis was named by Cooke (1941). Its type specimen is USNM 166497 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Salt Mountain [Salt Mountain Lmst], which is in a Thanetian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Salt Mountain Limestone Formation of Alabama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Gagaria foutatoroensis, T. tessieri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Thylechinus (Gagaria) salis Cooke p. 13 figs. Plate 2, figures 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
orderTemnopleuroida()
genusThylechinusDuncan 1889
subgenusGagaria
speciessalis

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 calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:08:09
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:49:28
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Thanetian or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Thylechinus salis (type locality: 34652)