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Strongylocentrotus octoporus

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae

Taxonomy
Strongylocentrotus octoporus was named by Nisiyama (1966). Its type specimen is IGPS 73723 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yunosawa, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine horizon in the Fukaura Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Strongylocentrotus octoporus Nisiyama p. 256 figs. PI. 8, figs. 7, 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderCamarodonta
infraorderOdontophora
familyStrongylocentrotidae
genusStrongylocentrotus
speciesoctoporus

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: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.63000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Japan (Aomori) Strongylocentrotus octoporus (type locality: 204398)