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Nucleopygus similis

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Taxonomy
Echinobrissus similis was named by d'Orbigny (1856).

It was recombined as Nucleopygus similis by Smith (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Echinobrissus similis d'Orbigny
1991Nucleopygus similis Smith p. 40 figs. Pl 10I-K; text-fig 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
suborderCassidulina
familyCassidulidae
genusNucleopygus
speciessimilis(d'Orbigny 1856)

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.

Nucleopygus similis d'Orbigny 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
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 17:48:53
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:57:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Brazil (Sergipe) Nucleopygus similis (87857)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charente-Maritime) Nucleopygus similis (64878)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Nucleopygus similis (59802 59810 59813 59814 59815 59817)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Nucleopygus similis (73862 73863)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Nucleopygus similis (59804)