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Echinosphaerites aurantium

Rhombifera - Echinosphaeritidae

Taxonomy
Echinus aurantium was named by Gyllenhaal (1772).

It was recombined as Sphaeronites aurantium by Buch (1840); it was recombined as Echinosphaerites aurantium by Regnéll (1945), Mergl and Prokop (2006).

Subspecies
E. aurantium, E. suecicus
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. arachnoideus, E. auraritium, E. infaustus, E. pagrebowl, E. pogrebovi, E. quarendus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Sphaeronites aurantium Buch figs. 1:14? 17
1945Echinosphaerites aurantium Regnéll
2006Echinosphaerites aurantium Mergl and Prokop p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
orderRhombiferaZittel 1879
superfamilyCaryocystitidacea(Jaekel 1918)
familyEchinosphaeritidaeNeumayr 1889
genusEchinosphaeritesWahlenberg 1818
speciesaurantium(Gyllenhaal 1772)

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.

†Echinosphaerites aurantium Gyllenhaal 1772
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:36:13
Modified: 2010-02-15 06:45:28
Source: o = order, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Kunda to the top of the Rawtheyan or 469.10000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Sweden Echinosphaerites aurantium (162453 162455 162468)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Sweden (Öland) Echinosphaerites aurantium (162348)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Sweden (Kalmar) Echinosphaerites aurantium (162467)
Kunda - Haljala469.1 - 453.9Sweden (Kalmar) Echinosphaerites aurantium (162451)
Aseri - Uhaku464.3 - 458.0Russian Federation (Novgorod Oblast) Echinosphaerites aurantium (235859)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Lithuania Echinosphaerites aurantium (207235)
Uhaku - Kukruse459.7 - 456.8Russian Federation (Novgorod oblast) Echinosphaerites aurantium (235812)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Sweden (Öland) Echinosphaerites aurantium (158487)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Virginia) Echinosphaerites aurantium (34007 34028 34029 34030 34031 34032 34152 34153 34167 34168 34169)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Norway (Oslo) Echinosphaerites aurantium (163473)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Lithuania Echinosphaerites aurantium (207236)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Russian Federation Echinosphaerites aurantium (186111)
Kukruse - Haljala458.0 - 453.9Sweden (Dalarne) Echinosphaerites aurantium (192035)
Idavere458.0 - 452.8Lithuania Echinosphaerites aurantium (207205 207206)
Idavere458.0 - 452.8Latvia Echinosphaerites aurantium (207204 207207)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Virginia) Echinosphaerites aurantium (76338)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Echinosphaerites aurantium (33995 33996 33997)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) Echinosphaerites aurantium (23990 24095 24097)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Missouri) Echinosphaerites aurantium (13157)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Norway (Skien - Langesund) Echinosphaerites aurantium (163474)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Morocco (Zagora) Echinosphaerites aurantium (193841)