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Encope macrophora

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae

Taxonomy
Scutella macrophora was named by Ravenel (1842).

It was recombined as Encope macrophora by Clark and Twitchell (1915).

Subspecies
E. tamiamiensis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. arcensis, E. chaneyi, E. loretoensis, E. scrippsae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Scutella macrophora Ravenel
1915Encope macrophora Clark and Twitchell p. 206

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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()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyMellitidae
genusEncope
speciesmacrophora(Ravenel 1842)

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.

†Encope macrophora Ravenel 1842
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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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Encope macrophora (41496) Encope tamiamiensis (35026)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Encope macrophora (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Encope macrophora (60940)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Encope tamiamiensis (204633)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) Encope macrophora (60938)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Encope macrophora (41202 41205 41206)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Encope macrophora (92410 92411)