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Iheringiella patagonensis

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Monophorasteridae

Taxonomy
Scutella patagonensis was named by Desor (1847). It is the type species of Iheringiella.

It was recombined as Iheringiana patagonensis by Lahille (1899) and Mortensen (1948); it was recombined as Iheringiella patagonensis by Berg (1898), Durham (1955), Chiesa et al. (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Scutella patagonensis Desor
1897Scutella patagonensis Ihering
1898Iheringiella patagonensis Berg
1899Iheringiana patagonensis Lahille
1902Scutella patagonensis Ortman
1948Iheringiana patagonensis Mortensen
1955Iheringiella patagonensis Durham
1995Iheringiella patagonensis Chiesa et al. p. 64

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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
familyMonophorasteridae()
genusIheringiellaBerg 1898
speciespatagonensis(Desor 1847)

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.

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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 et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Casamayoran to the top of the Burdigalian or 56.00000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Iheringina patagonensis (50067)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Argentina Iheringiana patagonensis (66142)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Iheringiella patagonensis (42491 52859)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Argentina Iheringiana patagonensis (71595)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Santa Cruz) Iheringina patagonensis (50072)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Iheringiella patagonensis (78425)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina Iheringiella patagonensis (65177 65180 65183 65185)