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Gitolampas twitchelli

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida

Taxonomy
Gitolampas twitchelli was named by Osborn et al. (2016). Its type specimen is UF 238464, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southern Aggregates Jamestown Quarry, which is in a Lutetian offshore shelf limestone in the Santee Limestone Formation of South Carolina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Gitolampas twitchelli Osborn et al. p. 44 figs. Figs. 3-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
genusGitolampas
speciestwitchelli

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.

Gitolampas twitchelli Osborn et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:48:53
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:57:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (South Carolina) Gitolampas twitchelli (type locality: 52348)