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Schizaster lecontei

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Schizaster lecontei was named by Merriam (1899).

It was recombined as Schizaster (Paraster) lecontei by Squires and Demetrion (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Schizaster lecontei Merriam p. 165 figs. Plate XII, Figs 1
1915Schizaster lecontei Clark and Twitchell p. 151
1920Schizaster lecontei Kew pp. 151 - 152 figs. Plate 41, figures 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d
1938Schizaster lecontei Grant and Hertlein p. 120
1992Schizaster (Paraster) lecontei Squires and Demetrion p. 46

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusSchizasterAgassiz 1835
specieslecontei

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.

Schizaster lecontei Merriam 1899
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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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Ypresian or 59.20000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Schizaster lecontei (190773 190786 190797 190800)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Schizaster lecontei (52612)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Schizaster lecontei (122337)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Schizaster lecontei (207125)