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Echinocorys ovalis

Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae

Taxonomy
Ananchytes ovalis was named by Clark (1893). Its type specimen is USNM 559479, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Echinocorys ovalis by Cooke (1942) and Cooke (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Ananchytes ovalis Clark p. 52
1915Ananchytes ovalis Clark and Twitchell p. 81
1942Echinocorys ovalis Cooke p. 39
1959Echinocorys ovalis Cooke p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderHolasteroida
suborderMeridosternata
familyHolasteridae
genusEchinocorys
speciesovalis(Clark 1893)

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.

Echinocorys ovalis Clark 1893
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 10:02:19
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:44:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Thanetian or 59.20000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Ananchytes ovalis, Echinocorys ovalis (3113) Echinocorys ovalis (type locality: 81775)