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Petalobrissus (Paralampas)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae

Taxonomy
Petalobrissus (Paralampas) was named by Duncan and Sladen (1882).

It was Cassidulus (Paralampas) by Cooke (1942); it was reranked as Paralampas by Sanchez-Roig (1953).

It was assigned to Cassidulus by Cooke (1942); to Echinoidea by Sanchez-Roig (1953); and to Petalobrissus by Smith and Jeffery (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Petalobrissus (Paralampas) Duncan and Sladen p. 72
1942Cassidulus (Paralampas) Cooke p. 32
1953Paralampas Sanchez-Roig p. 153
2000Petalobrissus (Paralampas) Smith and Jeffery

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
familyFaujasiidae()
genusPetalobrissusLambert 1916
subgenusParalampasDuncan and Sladen 1882

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. †Petalobrissus (Paralampas) Duncan and Sladen 1882
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Invalid names: Cassidulus (Pygorhynchus) georgiensis Clark and Twitchell 1915 [synonym]
†Paralampas conceptionis Sanchez-Roig 1953
†Paralampas rancureli Tessier and Roman 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
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 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 56.00000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Cote D'Ivoire Paralampas rancureli (78687 209342)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Cuba Paralampas conceptionis (155870)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Cassidulus lyelli (3569 61109)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) Cassidulus conradi (204640)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Cassidulus georgiensis (57927) Cassidulus lyelli (203464)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Cassidulus conradi (203465)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Alabama) Cassidulus conradi (18523)