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Hemipedina taylori

Echinoidea - Pedinoida - Pedinidae

Taxonomy
Hemipedina taylori was named by Smith and Crame (2012). Its type specimen is BAS KG1616.9 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is KG.1616, Tethys Nunatak, southern end, which is in an Albian marine siliciclastic in the Neptune Glacier Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by A. Chaudhary (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2020-09-13; modified by M. Clapham on 2020-09-14

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Hemipedina taylori Smith and Crame p. 316 figs. 7A, 8A-C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
orderPedinoida()
familyPedinidae()
genusHemipedina
speciestaylori

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.

Hemipedina taylori Smith and Crame 2012
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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: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:05:28
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:46:48
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Albian or 113.20000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Antarctica Hemipedina taylori (type locality: 216877)