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Diadematidae
Taxonomy
Diadematidae was named by Gray (1855). It is extant.
It was assigned to Diademina by Clark and Twitchell (1915) and Philip (1963); to Diadematoina by Nisiyama (1966); and to Diadematoida by Fell (1966) and Kroh and Smith (2010).
It was assigned to Diademina by Clark and Twitchell (1915) and Philip (1963); to Diadematoina by Nisiyama (1966); and to Diadematoida by Fell (1966) and Kroh and Smith (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1855 | Diadematidae Gray |
| 1915 | Diadematidae Clark and Twitchell p. 32 |
| 1963 | Diadematidae Philip p. 1104 |
| 1966 | Diadematidae Fell p. U350 |
| 1966 | Diadematidae Nisiyama p. 175 |
| 2010 | Diadematidae Kroh and Smith p. 170 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Diadematidae Gray 1855
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G. Diadema
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†Diadema depressum Agassiz 1846
†Diadema pseudodiadema Lamarck 1816
†Diadema subangulare Goldfuss 1826
G. †Eodiadema
G. †Mesodiadema Neumayr 1889
G. †Palaeodiadema
G. †Pedinothuria
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Julian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 235.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 232.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 232.0 Ma
Collections (27 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triassic | Hungary (Bakony) | Eodiadema sp. (56068) | |
| Julian | Italy | Mesodiadema latum (69668) | |
| Angulata | France (Lorraine) | Diadema seriale (53947) | |
| Pliensbachian | France | Eodiadema sp. (106348) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Eodiadema sp. (204117) | |
| Callovian | USA (California) | Sierradiadema kristini (223842) | |
| Middle Oxfordian | Switzerland (Jura) | Pseudodiadema pseudodiadema (196467) | |
| Aptian | Antarctica | Australidiadema alexanderi (216890 216891) | |
| Aptian - Albian | Antarctica | Australidiadema alexanderi (64196) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | Diadema autissiodorense (32371) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian | Spain | Diadematidae indet. (3832) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian | France | Diadematidae indet. (59582) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Belgium (Liege) | Centrostephanus sp. (32147) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | Palaeodiadema multiforme (32022) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Netherlands (Limburg) | Centrostephanus sp. (32167) | |
| Ypresian | Somalia | Pedinopsis melo (81764) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | Diadema sp. (95898) | |
| Oligocene | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Palaeodiadema reingardae (32013) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Cuba | Centrostephanus habanensis (91130) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany | Diadematidae indet. (188985) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (California) | Centrostephanus sp. (214963) | |
| Messinian | Spain | Centrostephanus sp. (56687) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | Diadema sp. (80954) | |
| Pleistocene | Japan (Ryukyu Islands) | Echinothrix calamaris (204377) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Jamaica | Diadema antillarum (90592) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Eritrea | Diadema setosum (80719) |