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Amblypygus americanus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)395708https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=395708
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Echinoneoida : Echinoneidae : Amblypygus : Amblypygus americanus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermataKlein 1754
subphylumEchinozoavon Zittel 1895
classEchinoidea
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea
-CarinaceaKroh and Smith 2010
-Irregularia
orderEchinoneoida
familyEchinoneidae
genusAmblypygusAgassiz 1840
speciesAmblypygus americanusDesor 1858
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Amblypygus americanusspeciesbelongs to Amblypygusstated without evidenceDesor, 1858
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance28.1 - 20.4 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Echinodermata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Echinoidea)
Visionlimited (based on Echinoidea)
Dietgrazer, deposit feeder (based on Echinoidea)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Echinoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. W. Cooke. 1942. Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 16:1-62

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1858Amblypygus americanus Desor p. 9
1915Amblypygus merrilli Clark and Twitchell p. 165 figs. Plate LXXVI, Figs. 1a-d
1942Amblypygus americanus Cooke p. 10

References

Cooke C. W. (1942) Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States, Journal of Paleontology 16, 1-62
Clark W. B., Twitchell M. W. (1915) The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54, 1-341
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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