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Centrostephanus

Echinoidea - Diadematoida - Diadematidae

Taxonomy
Centrostephanus is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Centrechinidae by Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Diadematidae by Fell (1966); and to Diadematoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Centrostephanus Grant and Hertlein p. 15
1966Centrostephanus Fell p. U350
2002Centrostephanus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
orderDiadematoida
familyDiadematidae
genusCentrostephanus

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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Centrostephanus coronata Verill 1867
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: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:22:04
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:42:51
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Messinian or 83.50000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) C. sp. (32147)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) C. sp. (32167)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba C. habanensis (91130)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) C. sp. (214963)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain C. sp. (56687)