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Echinometridae
Taxonomy
Echinometradae was named by Gray (1855). It is extant.
It was corrected as Echinometridae by Grant and Hertlein (1938), Nisiyama (1966), Fell and Pawson (1966), Donovan et al. (2005), Smith (2009), Kroh and Smith (2010).
It was assigned to Camarodonta by Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Echinoina by Nisiyama (1966); to Echinoida by Fell and Pawson (1966), Donovan et al. (2005), Smith (2009); and to Odontophora by Kroh and Smith (2010).
It was corrected as Echinometridae by Grant and Hertlein (1938), Nisiyama (1966), Fell and Pawson (1966), Donovan et al. (2005), Smith (2009), Kroh and Smith (2010).
It was assigned to Camarodonta by Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Echinoina by Nisiyama (1966); to Echinoida by Fell and Pawson (1966), Donovan et al. (2005), Smith (2009); and to Odontophora by Kroh and Smith (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1938 | Echinometridae Grant and Hertlein p. 39 |
| 1966 | Echinometridae Fell and Pawson p. U433 |
| 1966 | Echinometridae Nisiyama p. 263 |
| 2005 | Echinometridae Donovan et al. p. 104 |
| 2009 | Echinometridae Smith |
| 2010 | Echinometridae 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. Echinometridae Gray 1855
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G. †Anthocidaris Lütken 1864
G. Echinometra Gray 1825
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†Echinometra hondoana Nisiyama 1966
Echinometra insularis Clark 1912
Echinometra lucunter Linnaeus 1758
†Echinometra mathaei Blainville 1825
Echinometra oblonga Blainville 1825
Echinometra vanbrunti Agassiz 1863
Invalid names: Ellipsechinus [synonym]
G. Evechinus
G. Heterocentrotus Brandt 1835
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 Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (30 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chattian | USA (Texas) | Echinometra prisca (69932) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Northern Mariana Islands | Echinostrephus sp. (43365) Heterocentrotus sp. (43364) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Jamaica | Echinometra lucunter (69729) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Cuba | Ellipsechinus prisca (91133) | |
| Miocene | Japan (Miyagi) | Echinometra hondoana (204399) | |
| Middle Miocene | Fiji | Heterocentrotus sp. (68296) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | Netherlands Antilles | Echinometra lucunter (209183) | |
| Zanclean | Dominican Republic | Echinometra lucunter (90590) | |
| Pliocene | Fiji | Echinostrephus aciculatum, Heterocentrotus sp. (68180 68181) Heterocentrotus sp. (68179) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Florida) | Echinometra lucunter (35028) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Japan | Echinometra mathaei (34880) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Egypt | Heterocentrotus trigonarius (96759) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | Egypt | Heterocentrotus trigonarius (96760) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Echinometra lucunter (35025) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Egypt | Herocentrotus mammillatus (42121) | |
| Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | Heterocentrotus sp. (198563) | |
| Pleistocene | Vanuatu | Heterocentrotus trigonarius (77905) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Hawaii) | Heterocentrotus mammillatus (22975) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Egypt | Heterocentrotus trigonarius (120130) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Jamaica | Echinometra lucunter (90592) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Quintana Roo) | Echinometra sp. (82820) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Eritrea | Echinometra mathaei (80719) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Egypt | Echinometra mathaei (120128) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | Heterocentrotus sp. (201412) | |
| Holocene | Belize | Echinometra viridis (97612) | |
| Holocene | French Polynesia | Heterocentrotus trigonarius (97463) | |
| Holocene | Mauritius | Heterocentrotus trigonarius (96889) |