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Eupatagus carolinensis

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Eupatagus carolinensis 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 Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) carolinensis by Cooke (1942).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Eupatagus carolinensis Clark and Twitchell p. 153 figs. Plate LXXI, Figs. 3a-d, 4
1942Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) carolinensis Cooke p. 56
1980Eupatagus carolinensis Kier p. 50

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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
genusEupatagusAgassiz 1847
speciescarolinensis

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.

Eupatagus carolinensis 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 (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Washington) Eupatagus carolinensis (43347)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Eupatagus carolinensis (5386 5387 5436 5453 5457)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (North Carolina) Eupatagus carolinensis (type locality: 142965)