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Strongylocentrotidae
Taxonomy
Strongylocentrotidae was named by Gregory (1900). It is extant.
It was assigned to Echinina by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Camarodonta by Kew (1920), Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Echinoina by Nisiyama (1966); to Echinoida by Fell and Pawson (1966), Smith (2009); and to Odontophora by Kroh and Smith (2010).
It was assigned to Echinina by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Camarodonta by Kew (1920), Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Echinoina by Nisiyama (1966); to Echinoida by Fell and Pawson (1966), Smith (2009); and to Odontophora by Kroh and Smith (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1900 | Strongylocentrotidae Gregory |
| 1915 | Strongylocentrotidae Clark and Twitchell p. 216 |
| 1920 | Strongylocentrotidae Kew p. 57 |
| 1938 | Strongylocentrotidae Grant and Hertlein p. 28 |
| 1966 | Strongylocentrotidae Fell and Pawson p. U435 |
| 1966 | Strongylocentrotidae Nisiyama p. 249 |
| 2009 | Strongylocentrotidae Smith |
| 2010 | Strongylocentrotidae Kroh and Smith p. 171 |
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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. Strongylocentrotidae Gregory 1900
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G. Strongylocentrotus Brandt 1835
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Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Müller 1776
Strongylocentrotus echinoides Agassiz and Clark 1907
Strongylocentrotus fragilis Jackson 1912
Strongylocentrotus franciscanus Agassiz 1863 [red sea urchin]
Strongylocentrotus intermedius Barn 1863
†Strongylocentrotus magistrus Nisiyama 1966
Strongylocentrotus nudus Agassiz 1863
†Strongylocentrotus octoporus Nisiyama 1966
Strongylocentrotus polycanthus Agassiz and Clark 1907
Strongylocentrotus pulchellus Agassiz and Clark 1907
Strongylocentrotus pulcherriumus Agassiz 1863
†Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Stimpson 1857 [Pacific purple sea urchin]
Strongylocentrotus sachalinicus Döderlein 1912
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 Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Collections (68 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (California) | Strongylocentrotus sp. (122273) | |
| Miocene | USA (California) | Strongylocentrotus franciscanus (214405) | |
| Burdigalian | New Caledonia | Strongylocentrotus sp. (40791) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (California) | Strongylocentrotus franciscanus (214962 214963 214964) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Japan (Aomori) | Strongylocentrotus octoporus (204398) | |
| Pliocene | USA (California) | Strongylocentrotus franciscanus (237377) Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (135776) | |
| Pliocene | USA (Florida) | Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis (203416) | |
| Pliocene | Japan (Toyama) | Strongylocentrotus magistrus (204396) | |
| Pliocene | Japan (Hokkaido) | Strongylocentrotus echinoides (204395) Strongylocentrotus intermedius (204394) | |
| Piacenzian - Zanclean | Belgium | Strongylocentrotus sp. (32146) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (California) | Strongylocentrotus franciscanus (214965 214966 214967) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (186031) | |
| Gelasian | Japan (Chiba) | Allocentrotus japonicus (204372) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (California) | Strongylocentrotus franciscanus (138724) | |
| Quaternary | USA (California) | Strongylocentrotus franciscanus (37941 37943 37944 37945 37948) Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (37940) Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (37933 37937 37938 37939 37942 37947) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Greenland | Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (75179 75197 75200) | |
| Middle Pleistocene (late glacial) | Canada (New Brunswick) | Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (210895) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (138723 222663 223325) Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (207886) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Alaska) | Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (37632) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | Iceland | Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (75055 75057) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Strongylocentrotus sp. (176670) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greenland | Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis (227031) Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (75125 75127 75130 75133 75134 75151) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (160361) Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (203417) Strongylocentrotus sp. (37672 37673 59063) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico | Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (226464 226466 226468) Strongylocentrotus sp. (67642) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis (61268) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (British Columbia) | Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (75232) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greenland (Disko Island) | Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (227045 227046) | |
| Holocene | Greenland | Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (75216 75218 75219 75220) |