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Arbacia abiquaensis

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Taxonomy
Arbacia abiquaensis was named by Linder et al. (1988). Its type specimen is UCMP 39188, a test, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Butte Creek [Abiqua Mbr, Scotts Mills Fm], which is in a Chattian shallow subtidal limestone in the Scotts Mills Formation of Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Arbacia abiquaensis Linder et al. p. 948 figs. figs. 3.1-3.6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderArbacioida()
familyArbaciidae()
genusArbaciaGray 1835
speciesabiquaensis

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.

Arbacia abiquaensis Linder et al. 1988
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. A. Linder et al. 1988Test small, sculptured, low hemispherical, flat- tened adorally; ambulacra with trigeminate plates; pore zones straight and narrow above ambitus; tubercles absent adapically above the ambitus; conspicuous epistromal verrucose warts and short semi-radial ridges both continuous and discontinuous across intraplate boundaries adapically/adorally; peristome width 48 percent of test diameter; dicyclic; adoralmost primary in- terambulacral tubercles noncrenulate.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-10 13:28:35
Modified: 2009-09-10 15:29:25
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Smith 2009

Age range: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Oregon) Arbacia abiquaensis (type locality: 90569)