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Echinolampas (Cylindrolampas) altissima

Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae

Taxonomy
Echinolampas altissima was named by Clark (1927). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Echinolampas (Cylindrolampas) altissima by Sanchez-Roig (1953).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. amplus, E. convacus, E. depressa, E. discoideus, E. lycopsericus, E. tanypetalis, E. turmulus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Echinolampas altissima Clark p. 47 figs. pl. 9, figs. 1-4
1953Echinolampas (Cylindrolampas) altissima Sanchez-Roig p. 150

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderEchinolampadoida
familyEchinolampadidae
genusEchinolampasGray 1825
subgenusCylindrolampas(Lambert 1918)
speciesaltissima(Clark 1927)

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

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 - 37.71Cuba Echinolampas altissima (155852)