Source Data | |
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Rank | species (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Mellitidae : Encope : Encope californica |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Encope californica | species | belongs to Encope | stated without evidence | Verrill, 1870 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.01 Ma Pleistocene |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 0.13 - 0.01 Ma Pleistocene |
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Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) |
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Motility | slow-moving (based on Clypeasteroida) |
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Vision | limited (based on Echinoidea) |
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Diet | detritivore (based on Clypeasteroida) |
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Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) |
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Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) |
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Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinoidea) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein. 1938. The West American Cenozoic Echinoidea. Publications of the University of California at Los Angeles in Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2:1-225 |
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