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Clypeaster lopezriosi

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae

Taxonomy
Clypeaster lopezriosi was named by Sanchez-Roig (1953). Its type specimen is Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 745, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Arroyo Seco, Corral Concepcion, Barrio Guadalupe, Moron, which is in an Oligocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. australasiae, C. biarritzensis, C. julii, C. scillae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Clypeaster lopezriosi Sanchez-Roig p. 139 figs. pl. 1, fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderClypeasterina()
familyClypeasteridae()
genusClypeaster
specieslopezriosi

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.

†Clypeaster lopezriosi Sanchez-Roig 1953
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Cuba Clypeaster lopezriosi (type locality: 155854)