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Echinolampas lycopersicus

Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae

Taxonomy
Echinolampas lycopersicus was named by Guppy (1866). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Echinolampas lycopersicus Guppy p. 300 figs. pl. 19, fig. 8
1926Echinolampas lycopersicus Sanchez Roig p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderEchinolampadoida
familyEchinolampadidae
genusEchinolampasGray 1825
specieslycopersicusGuppy 1866

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: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 33.90000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica Echinolampas lycopersicus (7216)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Cuba Echinolampas lycopersicus (91163)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Cuba Echinolampas lycopersicus (91147)