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Neocatopygus caobaense

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Neolampadidae

Taxonomy
Neocatopygus caobaense was named by Sanchez-Roig (1953). Its type specimen is Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 763, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Canteras de Caraballo, loma Caoba, San Diego de los Banos, which is in an Eocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Neocatopygus caobaense Sanchez-Roig p. 154 figs. pl. 6, figs. 3, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
suborderNeolampadina
familyNeolampadidae
familyPliolampadidae
genusNeocatopygus
speciescaobaense

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.

Neocatopygus caobaense Sanchez-Roig 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:14:56
Modified: 2004-02-29 12:14:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Cuba Neocatopygus caobaense (type locality: 155852)