Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Procassidulus lapiscancri

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida

Taxonomy
Procassidulus lapiscancri was named by Leske (1778). It is not extant. It is the type species of Procassidulus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Procassidulus lapiscancri Leske
2000Procassidulus lapiscancri Jagt p. 2 fig. 1

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
genusProcassidulusLambert 1918
specieslapiscancriLeske 1778

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.

show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
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 17:48:53
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:57:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Procassidulus lapiscancri (32155 32157 32174)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Procassidulus lapiscancri (3123 32161 32178 32179)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Procassidulus lapiscancri (32167 32168)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Procassidulus lapiscancri (32162)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands (Limburg) Procassidulus lapiscancri (32169)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands Procassidulus lapiscancri (32160)