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Neolaganum archerensis

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Neolaganidae

Taxonomy
Laganum archerensis was named by Clark and Twitchell (1915) [attributed to Twitchell only]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Archer, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Florida. It is the type species of Neolaganum.

It was recombined as Rumphia archerensis by Cooke (1942); it was recombined as Neolaganum archerensis by Durham (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Laganum archerensis Clark and Twitchell p. 161 figs. Plate LXXV, Figs. 1a-d
1942Rumphia archerensis Cooke p. 27
1954Neolaganum archerensis Durham p. 680 figs. Fig. 2B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderLaganina
familyNeolaganidae
genusNeolaganum
speciesarcherensis()

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.

Neolaganum archerensis Clark and Twitchell 1915
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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: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Florida) Laganum archerensis (type locality: 203469)