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Psammechinus santee

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae

Taxonomy
Psammechinus santee was named by Cooke (1941). Its type specimen is USNM 498890 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Station 4255, near, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in South Carolina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Psammechinus santee Cooke p. 15 figs. Plate 2, figures 7,

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderCamarodonta
infraorderEchinidea
familyEchinidae
genusPsammechinus
speciessantee

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.

Psammechinus santee Cooke 1941
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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: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Psammechinus santee (type locality: 203664)