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Praepholidocidaris

Echinoidea - Echinocystitoida - Echinocystitidae

Taxonomy
Praepholidocidaris was named by Frest and Strimple (1977).

It was assigned to Echinocystitidae by Kroh (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Praepholidocidaris Frest and Strimple
2010Praepholidocidaris Kroh p. 206

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassPerischoechinoidea()
orderEchinocystitoida
familyEchinocystitidaeGregory 1897
genusPraepholidocidarisFrest and Strimple 1977

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.

G. †Praepholidocidaris Frest and Strimple 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:40:17
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:43:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Chesterian or 335.50000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Iowa) P. pellaensis (120832)