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Hemipatagus subrostratus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Loveniidae

Taxonomy
Hemipatagus subrostratus was named by Clark and Twitchell (1915). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is City quarry near cemetery, Wilmington, which is in an Eocene marine marl in the Jackson Formation of North Carolina.

It was recombined as Maretia subrostratus by Kier (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. arguta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Hemipatagus subrostratus Clark and Twitchell p. 151 figs. Plate LXIX, Figs. 2a-b
1942Hemipatagus subrostratus Cooke p. 53
1980Maretia subrostratus Kier p. 49
2007Hemipatagus subrostratus Kroh p. 190

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
superfamilySpatangidea
familyLoveniidae
genusHemipatagusDesor 1858
speciessubrostratus

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.

†Hemipatagus subrostratus Clark and Twitchell 1915
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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: 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 Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Hemipatagus subrostratus (5436)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (North Carolina) Hemipatagus subrostratus (type locality: 142965)