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Micropsidia

Echinoidea - Temnopleuroida

Taxonomy
Micropsidia was named by Pomel (1883).

It was synonymized subjectively with Micropsis by Fell and Pawson (1966).

It was assigned to Temnopleuroida by Jagt (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Micropsidia Pomel
2000Micropsidia Jagt

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
orderTemnopleuroida()
genusMicropsidiaPomel 1883

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.

G. †Micropsidia Pomel 1883
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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: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:08:09
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:49:28
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Danian or 72.20000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Netherlands M. sp. (32160)