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Macropneustes mortoni

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Holaster mortoni was named by Conrad (1850).

It was recombined as Macropneustes mortoni by Clark and Twitchell (1915) and Cooke (1942).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Holaster mortoni Conrad
1915Macropneustes mortoni Clark and Twitchell p. 155
1942Macropneustes mortoni Cooke p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusMacropneustesAgassiz 1847
speciesmortoni(Conrad 1850)

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.

Macropneustes mortoni Conrad 1850
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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 Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Priabonian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Macropneustes mortoni (3549 3550 3551 86949)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Macropneustes mortoni (203465)