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Pliotoxaster collegnii

Echinoidea - Spatangoida

Taxonomy
Toxaster collegnii was named by Sismonda (1843).

It was recombined as Pliotoxaster collegnii by El Qot (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Toxaster collegnii Sismonda
2021Pliotoxaster collegnii El Qot p. 22 figs. 10J1, J2, K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
genusPliotoxasterFourtau 1906
speciescollegnii(Sismonda 1843)

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.

†Pliotoxaster collegnii Sismonda 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Egypt Pliotoxaster collegnii (191699)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Egypt Pliotoxaster collegnii (220854)