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Eupatagus ocalanus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) ocalanus was named by Cooke (1942). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Taylor County rock pit, which is in a Priabonian marine limestone in the Ocala Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Eupatagus ocalanus by Sanchez-Roig (1953).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) ocalanus Cooke p. 57 figs. pl. 6, figs. 4-8
1953Eupatagus ocalanus Sanchez-Roig p. 161

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusEupatagusAgassiz 1847
speciesocalanus()

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.

Eupatagus ocalanus Cooke 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Rupelian or 37.20000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Eupatagus ocalanus (204714)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Cuba Eupatagus ocalanus (155858)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Eupatagus ocalanus (57927)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) Eupatagus ocalanus (155970)