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Abertellidae

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Abertellidae

Taxonomy
Abertellidae was named by Durham (1955). Its type is Abertella.

It was assigned to Scutellina by Durham (1955), Durham (1966); to Clypeasteroida by Kiessling (2003); and to Scutelliformes by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Subtaxa
Abertella (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Abertellidae Durham p. 177
1966Abertellidae Durham p. U489
2003Abertellidae Kiessling
2010Abertellidae Kroh and Smith p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyAbertellidae
familyAbertellidae

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. †Abertellidae Durham 1955
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G. †Abertella Durham 1953
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†Abertella aberti Conrad 1842
Abertella alberti Linnaeus 1759
†Abertella gualichensis Martinez et al. 2005
Abertella helena Walcott 1908
†Abertella miskellyi Kroh 2013
†Abertella pirabensis Marchesini Santos 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian - Serravallian27.3 - 11.63USA (Florida) Abertella aberti (35020)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) Abertella sp. (94817)
Aquitanian - Messinian23.04 - 5.333USA (Florida) Abertella aberti (35022)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Abertella sp. (35018)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina (Río Negro) Abertella gualichensis (179579)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Argentina (Río Negro) Abertella gualichensis (179580)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (Florida) Abertella sp. (35019)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Argentina Abertella gualichensis (114642)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Abertella aberti (70843 79106 79111 79113 79114) Scutella aberti (60376)