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Lambertona

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Lambertona was named by Sanchez-Roig (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Mi Sepkoski's reference number: 343].

It was reranked as Pericosmus (Lambertona) by Fischer (1966).

It was assigned to Pericosmus by Fischer (1966); to Schizasteridae by Henderson (1975) and Kier (1984); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Lambertona Sanchez-Roig p. 257
1966Pericosmus (Lambertona) Fischer p. 568
1975Lambertona Henderson p. 24
1984Lambertona Kier p. 69
2002Lambertona Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusLambertonaSanchez-Roig 1953

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. †Lambertona Sanchez-Roig 1953
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Lambertona lyoni Hutton 1873
Lambertona perdita Henderson 1975
Lambertona perplexa Henderson 1975
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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Duntroonian to the top of the Waiauan or 27.30000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand L. lyoni (155847)
Duntroonian - Waitakian27.3 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) L. lyoni (204255)
Waiauan12.7 - 11.608New Zealand L. perlexa (155843)