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Mecaster aumalensis

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae

Taxonomy
Hemiaster aumalensis was named by Coquand (1862).

It was recombined as Mecaster aumalensis by El Qot (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Hemiaster aumalensis Coquand
2021Mecaster aumalensis El Qot p. 24 fig. 10I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
familyHemiasteridae
genusMecaster
speciesaumalensis(Coquand 1862)

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.

Mecaster aumalensis Coquand 1862
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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: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 105.30000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Mecaster aumalensis (191716)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Mecaster aumalensis (220862 220863 220864 220865 220866)