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Cyclaster drewryensis

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Cyclaster drewryensis was named by Cooke (1942). Its type specimen is USNM 372880, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 10026 - Drewry [Red Bluff Clay], which is in a Rupelian marine limestone in the Red Bluff Clay Formation of Alabama.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Cyclaster drewryensis Cooke p. 50 figs. pl. 3, figs. 9-11
1949Palmeraster palmeri Sanchez Roig
1949Cyclaster brodermani Sanchez roig
1959Cyclaster drewryensis Cooke p. 68
1984Cyclaster drewryensis Kier p. 88

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusCyclasterCotteau 1856
speciesdrewryensis

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.

Cyclaster drewryensis Cooke 1942
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Invalid names: Cyclaster brodermani Sanchez roig 1949 [synonym], Palmeraster palmeri Sanchez Roig 1949 [synonym]
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: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) Cyclaster drewryensis (type locality: 155970 155971 155972)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Alabama) Cyclaster drewryensis (84142)