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Eupatagus antillarum

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Euspatangus antillarum was named by Cotteau (1875).

It was recombined as Eupatagus antillarum by Donovan and Rowe (2000) and Kroh (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. cranium, E. marianensis, E. mortoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Euspatangus antillarum Cotteau
2000Eupatagus antillarum Donovan and Rowe p. 659
2007Eupatagus antillarum Kroh p. 180

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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
genusEupatagusAgassiz 1847
speciesantillarum(Cotteau 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.

†Eupatagus antillarum Cotteau 1875
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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 Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Jamaica Eupatagus antillarum (204590)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Eupatagus antillarum (49882)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Eupatagus antillarum (3507 3508 3509 3510)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Eupatagus antillarum (3535 3536)