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Macropneustes (Macropneustes) palmeri

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Metalia palmeri was named by Sanchez-Roig (1953). Its type specimen is Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 774, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SSE of Cartagena, Santa Clara, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.

It was recombined as Macropneustes (Macropneustes) palmeri by Kier (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. minor

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Metalia palmeri Sanchez-Roig p. 166
1984Macropneustes (Macropneustes) palmeri Kier p. 117

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusMacropneustesAgassiz 1847
subgenusMacropneustesAgassiz 1847
speciespalmeri()

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 calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Oligocene or 48.07000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Oligocene48.07 - 23.04Cuba Metalia palmeri (type locality: 155873)