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Trochalosoma

Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae

Taxonomy
Trochalosoma is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Stomechinidae by Fell and Pawson (1966); and to Phymosomatoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Trochalosoma Fell and Pawson p. U408
2002Trochalosoma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderStomopneustoida
familyStomechinidae()
genusTrochalosoma

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 99.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt T. gharamulensis (114798)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) T. corneti (32159 32167 32168)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) T. corneti (32157 32174)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands T. corneti (32161 32179)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Cretaceous70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) T. corneti (32175)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands T. corneti (32162)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands T. corneti (32160)