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Guettaria fecunda

Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae

Taxonomy
Guettaria fecunda was named by Schulz (1983). Its type specimen is BSPG 1977 XXI/22 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moos-Grabens near Siegsdorf, which is in a Maastrichtian offshore marl in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Guettaria fecunda Schulz p. 718 figs. Pl 1, figs 2,3; text-fig 2d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderHolasteroida
suborderMeridosternata
familyHolasteridae
genusGuettaria
speciesfecunda

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.

†Guettaria fecunda Schulz 1983
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 10:02:19
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:44:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Bayern) Guettaria fecunda (type locality: 32496)