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Schizaster (Schizaster) halli

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Schizaster (Schizaster) halli was named by McNamara and Philip (1980). Its type specimen is NMV P19036 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Grim, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Cape Grim Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Schizaster (Schizaster) halli McNamara and Philip p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusSchizasterAgassiz 1835
subgenusSchizasterAgassiz 1836
specieshalli

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.

Schizaster (Schizaster) halli McNamara and Philip 1980
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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 Rupelian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 33.90000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Australia (South Australia) Schizaster halli (45823)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Schizaster halli (48647)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Tasmania) Schizaster halli (type locality: 204583)