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Echinolampas andalusiensis

Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae

Taxonomy
Echinolampas andalusiensis was named by Osborn et al. (2016). Its type specimen is UF 238469, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fall Creek mouth, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Moodys Branch Formation of Alabama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Echinolampas andalusiensis Osborn et al. p. 44 figs. Figs. 7-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderEchinolampadoida
familyEchinolampadidae
genusEchinolampasGray 1825
speciesandalusiensis

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.

Echinolampas andalusiensis Osborn et al. 2016
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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: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Echinolampas andalusiensis (type locality: 204728)