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Micraster coranguinum

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae

Taxonomy
Spatangus coranguinum was named by Leske (1778). It is the type species of Micraster.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Spatangus coranguinum Leske
1964Micraster coranguinum Djabarov p. 55 figs. Pl 18, fig 2; pl 19, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderMicrasterina
familyMicrasteridae()
genusMicrasterAgassiz 1836
speciescoranguinum(Leske 1778)

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 coranguinum Leske 1778
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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: base of the Early/Lower Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Turkmenistan Micraster coranguinum (196657 196658)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Landes) Micraster coranguinum (213812)