{"id":4226,"date":"2014-01-06T11:14:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T16:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=4226"},"modified":"2016-09-26T22:56:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T02:56:16","slug":"carneyella","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/echinodermata\/edrioasteroidea\/isorophida\/hemicystitidae\/carneyella\/","title":{"rendered":"Carneyella<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classification<\/strong>
\nPhylum: Echinodermata<\/a>
\nClass: Edrioasteroidea<\/a>
\nOrder: Isorophida<\/a>
\nFamily: Hemicystitidae<\/a>
\nGenus: Carneyella<\/em> Foerste, 1917
\nCincinnatian Species: Carneyella pliea<\/a><\/em>, Carneyella ulrichi<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Geologic Range<\/strong>
\nMiddle Ordovician – Late Ordovician<\/p>\n

Common Paleoecology<\/strong>
\nCarneyella<\/em> is an extinct genus of stationary epifaunal suspension feeders<\/p>\n

Identification in Hand Sample<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  • Relatively long and curved ambulacra, usually numbering 5<\/li>\n
  • Distinguished by single series of ambulacral coverplates on either side of each ambulacra<\/li>\n
  • Theca subcircular, typically elevated, saclike, minutely pitted and commonly ornamented with ridges<\/li>\n
  • Anal pyramid of about 7 (or more) triangular pieces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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