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Peltastes

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae

Taxonomy
Peltastes was named by Agassiz (1838).

It was assigned to Hyposaleniidae by Kroh (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Peltastes Agassiz
2001Peltastes Kroh

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Calycina(Gregory 1900)
orderSalenioida()
familyHyposaleniidae()
genusPeltastesAgassiz 1838

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. †Peltastes Agassiz 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:07:36
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:48:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 132.90000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland P. lardyi (2256 2259)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland P. lardyi (2172 2234) P. lardyi, P. meyeri (2179 2189 2229)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0France P. lardyi, P. meyeri (2186)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) P. clathrata, P. umbrella (49496)