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Encope tatetlaensis

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae

Taxonomy

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Encope tatetlaensis Bose p. 71 figs. Pl. 6: 1,2; P. 7: 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyMellitidae
genusEncope
speciestatetlaensis

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.

Encope tatetlaensis Bose 1906
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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: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Mexico (Veracruz) Encope tatetlaensis (59292)