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Nehalemia

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Nehalemia was named by Blake (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Nehalemia delicata.

It was assigned to Goniasteridae by Blake (1973); and to Valvatida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
N. delicata (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Nehalemia Blake p. 51
2002Nehalemia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusNehalemia

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.

G. †Nehalemia Blake 1973
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Nehalemia delicata Blake 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicf
Created: 2007-10-02 04:01:50
Modified: 2007-10-02 06:05:14
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Rupelian or 38.00000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1USA (Oregon) N. delicata (59920)