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Echinoidea taxon details

Echinodiscus colchesterensis Smuts, 1988 †

1033821  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1033821)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Echinozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Echinoidea (Class)
  6. Euechinoidea (Subclass)
  7. Irregularia (Infraclass)
  8. Neognathostomata (Subterclass)
  9. Luminacea (Superorder)
  10. Echinolampadacea (Order)
  11. Scutelloida (Suborder)
  12. Scutelliformes (Infraorder)
  13. Scutelloidea (Superfamily)
  14. Astriclypeidae (Family)
  15. Echinodiscus (Genus)
  16. Echinodiscus colchesterensis † (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Smuts, W. J. 1988. A recently discovered clypeasteroid, Echinodiscus colchesterensis species novum, from the Alexandria Formation (Late Tertiary), South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 26, 93-98.
page(s): 94-97; figs. 2a-d, 3b-c [details]   
Note Colchester Cliff, Colchester, South...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Colchester Cliff, Colchester, South Africa [details]
Type material HT: GSP A8817; PT: GSP A8819-8826, A9000-9001 [details]
Fossil range Late Tertiary  
Fossil range Late Tertiary [details]

Stratigraphy Alexandria Formation  
Stratigraphy Alexandria Formation [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Echinodiscus colchesterensis Smuts, 1988 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1033821 on 2024-04-16
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Kroh, Andreas

original description Smuts, W. J. 1988. A recently discovered clypeasteroid, Echinodiscus colchesterensis species novum, from the Alexandria Formation (Late Tertiary), South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 26, 93-98.
page(s): 94-97; figs. 2a-d, 3b-c [details]   

basis of record Kroh, A. 2010. Index of Living and Fossil Echinoids 1971-2008. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 112, 195-470., available online at http://verlag.nhm-wien.ac.at/pdfs/112A_195470_Kroh.pdf
page(s): 304 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Fossil range Late Tertiary [details]

Stratigraphy Alexandria Formation [details]

Type locality Colchester Cliff, Colchester, South Africa [details]

Type material HT: GSP A8817; PT: GSP A8819-8826, A9000-9001 [details]
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