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Cardabia bullarensis

Echinoidea - Corystusidae

Taxonomy
Cardabia bullarensis was named by Foster and Philip (1978). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Giralia Anticline, west flank, north end, which is in a Paleocene/Paleocene marine sandstone in the Pirie calcarenite Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Cardabia bullarensis Foster and Philip p. 798

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
familyCorystusidae
genusCardabia
speciesbullarensis

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.

†Cardabia bullarensis Foster and Philip 1978
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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 Middle Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 61.70000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8Australia (Western Australia) Cardabia bullarensis (type locality: 204581)