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Tylocidaris walcotti

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris walcotti was named by Clark (1891). Its type specimen is ANSP 1451, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tylocidaris walcotti by Cooke (1941) and Cooke (1959).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Cidaris walcotti Clark p. 75
1915Cidaris walcotti Clark and Twitchell p. 45
1941Tylocidaris walcotti Cooke p. 6
1959Tylocidaris walcotti Cooke p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyPsychocidaridae
genusTylocidarisPomel 1883
specieswalcotti(Clark 1891)

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.

Tylocidaris walcotti Clark 1891
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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: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:08:25
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:42:21
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Thanetian or 58.70000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Tylocidaris walcotti (3113 81775)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (New Jersey) Tylocidaris walcotti (type locality: 155898 155902)