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Micraster cortestudinarium

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae

Taxonomy
Spatangus cortestudinarium was named by Goldfuss (1826).

It was recombined as Micraster cortestudinarium by Djabarov (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Spatangus cortestudinarium Goldfuss
1964Micraster cortestudinarium Djabarov p. 50 figs. Pl 17, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderMicrasterina
familyMicrasteridae()
genusMicrasterAgassiz 1836
speciescortestudinarium(Goldfuss 1826)

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.

Micraster cortestudinarium Goldfuss 1826
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Early/Lower Coniacian or 89.30000 to 85.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Turkmenistan Micraster cortestudinarium (196558)