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Mesodiadema

Echinoidea - Diadematoida - Diadematidae

Discussion

This is possibly a duplicate genus entry of Mesodiadema (taxon 32809) in Sepkoski's Compendium, but leaving them separate for now given widespread recognition in the literature (e.g., Smith, 2000; Kroh, 2011) that these forms are likely a different genus than the other forms.

Taxonomy
Mesodiadema was named by Neumayr (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: J Toar].

It was assigned to Diadematidae by Fell (1966); and to Pedinoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Mesodiadema Neumayr
1966Mesodiadema Fell p. U358
2002Mesodiadema Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
orderDiadematoida
familyDiadematidae
genusMesodiademaNeumayr 1889

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. †Mesodiadema Neumayr 1889
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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: 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: Julian or 235.00000 to 232.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy M. latum (69668)