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Cidaris wahalakensis

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris nahalakensis was named by de Loriol (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 16242, Wahalak, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in Mississippi.

It was corrected as Cidaris wahalakensis by Cooke (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Cidaris nahalakensis de Loriol
1915Cidaris nahalakensis Clark and Twitchell p. 48
1953Cidaris wahalakensis Cooke p. 5 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
genusCidarisLeske 1778
specieswahalakensis(de Loriol 1887)

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.

Cidaris wahalakensis de Loriol 1887
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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: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Cidaris nahalakensis (123370)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Cidaris wahalakensis (78200)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Cidaris wahalakensis (4167)