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Echinocyamus vaughani

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae

Taxonomy
Echinocyamus vaughani was named by Clark and Twitchell (1915) [attributed to Twitchell only].

It was recombined as Fibularia vaughani by Cooke (1942).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Echinocyamus vaughani Clark and Twitchell p. 160 figs. Plate LXXIV, Figs. 1a-d
1942Fibularia vaughani Cooke p. 7

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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
speciesvaughani

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.

Echinocyamus vaughani Clark and Twitchell 1915
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 41.30000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Fibularia vaughani (49882)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Fibularia vaughani (3535 61109)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) Fibularia vaughani (34992 61113 61114)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Echinocyamus vaughani (60825)