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Macropneustes (Deakia)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Deakia was named by Pavay (1875).

It was reranked as Macropneustes (Deakia) by Kier (1984).

It was assigned to Echinoidea by Sanchez-Roig (1953); and to Macropneustes by Kier (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Deakia Pavay p. 152
1953Deakia Sanchez-Roig p. 165
1984Macropneustes (Deakia) Kier p. 1165

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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
subgenusDeakia(Pavay 1875)

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.

Subg. †Macropneustes (Deakia) Pavay 1875
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Deakia armadilloensis Sanchez-Roig 1953
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Cuba Deakia armadilloensis (155853)