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Echinocyamus parviporus

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae

Taxonomy
Echinocyamus parviporus was named by Kier (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 563449 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eniwetok atoll, core E1, 2500-2510ft, which is in a Chattian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Marshall Islands.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Echinocyamus parviporus Kier p. 1124 figs. Pl 302, figs 11-15; text-fig 331C-E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderLaganiformes
familyFibulariidae()
genusEchinocyamusvan Phelsum 1774
speciesparviporus

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: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Aquitanian or 33.90000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Marshall Islands Echinocyamus parviporus (195895)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Marshall Islands Echinocyamus parviporus (type locality: 195889 195890 195891)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44Marshall Islands Echinocyamus parviporus (195887 195888)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Marshall Islands Echinocyamus parviporus (195892)