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Spinopriscopedatus magnispinosus

Holothuroidea - Priscopedatidae

Taxonomy
Spinopriscopedatus magnispinosus was named by Kozur and Sadeddin (1990). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype S 1/20/340/88 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Spinopriscopedatus magnispinosus Kozur and Sadeddin p. 360 figs. pl. 3 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
familyPriscopedatidae
genusSpinopriscopedatus
speciesmagnispinosus

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.

Spinopriscopedatus magnispinosus Kozur and Sadeddin 1990
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Kozur and W. Sadeddin 1990Sieve-plates with irregular outline and 5-7 very large, partly arm-like, but unperforated spines. Central pore very large, totally or almost totally covered by a very broad, low stirrup with 4 very broad feet. The central pore is surrounded by a ring of 6 small roundish to oval pores of somewhat different size.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: shallow infaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:09:31
Modified: 2010-02-11 06:36:04
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Jordan Spinopriscopedatus magnispinosus (94009)