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Echinolampas

Classification

    Phylum:  
Echinodermata
    Subphylum:  
Echinozoa (sea urchins, holothurians, etc.)
    Class:  
Echinoidea
    Subclass:  
Euechinoidea (sand dollars) - Superorder Atelostomata
    Order:  
Cassiduloida
    Family:  
Echinolampadidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Echinolampas GRAY, 1825, p. 429
    Type Species:  
*Echinus oviformis Gmelin, 1789, p. 3187, SD POMEL, 1883, p. 62


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Fig. 393,1; 394,1. *E. oviformis (GMELIN), Rec., Ind.Ocean; 393,1a-c, aboral, oral, lat., X1; 394,1, amb IV phyllode, X8 (98)


Synonyms

Hypsoclypus, Palaeolampas, Merolampas, Miolampas, Sphelatus, Euechinolampas, Palaeolampas, Craterolampas, Heteroclypeus, Progonolampas, ?Aplolampas, Cypholampas, Isolampas, Macrolampas, Scutolampas, Psammolampas, Libyolampas, Cylindrolampas, Oeidolampas, Politolampas, Planilampua, Hypsoheroclypeus


Geographic Distribution

cosmop.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Eoc.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Ypresian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
56
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Medium-sized to large, usually inflated, apical system monobasal, poriferous zones usually unequal, wide interporiferous zones.




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