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Stomechinidae

Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Stomechinidae Fell and Pawson p. U403
1966Stomechinidae Nisiyama p. 197
1988Stomechinidae Linder et al. p. 948
1995Stomechinidae Smith p. 172
2010Stomechinidae Kroh and Smith p. 170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
—Echinacea()
orderStomopneustoida
familyStomechinidae()
familyStomechinidae()

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. Stomechinidae Pomel 1883
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G. †Circopeltis Pomel 1883
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†Circopeltis emiratus Smith 1995
G. †Codechinus Desor 1858
G. †Echinotiara Pomel 1883
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†Echinotiara perebaskinei Lambert 1930
G. †Jeannetia
G. †Phymechinus Desor 1858
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†Phymechinus benoisti Lambert 1900
†Phymechinus mirabilis Agassiz 1846
†Phymechinus perplexus Smith 1995
G. †Phymotaxis Lambert and Thiéry 1914
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†Phymotaxis mansfieldi Cooke 1941
G. †Polycyphus Agassiz and Desor 1846
G. †Psephechinus Pomel 1883
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†Psephechinus globosus Lambert 1931
G. †Stomechinus Desor 1858
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†Stomechinus bigranularis Lamarck 1816
†Stomechinus dissimilaris Linder et al. 1988
†Stomechinus hyatti Clark 1893
†Stomechinus perlatus Desmarest 1825
G. Stomopneustes Agassiz 1841
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†Stomopneustes antiquus Nisiyama 1966
†Stomopneustes pristinus Jackson 1937
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†Thierychinus delaunayi Lambert 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 184.20000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 174.7 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Chile (Región de Tarapacá) Stomechinus sp. (228997)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Saudi Arabia Echinotiara arabica (48714 48715)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Late/Upper Aalenian184.2 - 170.9Chile (Huasco) Stomechinus sp. (223405)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Jordan Polycyphus sp. (35357)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Luxembourg Psephechinus germinans (38549)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2USA (California) Stomechinus hyatti (156330)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia Polycyphus parvituberculatus (48112)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Morocco Psephechinus globosus (68165)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3Morocco Psephechinus globosus (204643)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Switzerland Stomechinus polyporus (32036)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2France Stomechinus bigranularis (240561)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Polycyphus parvituberculatus (48405)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Normandy) Stomechinus varusensis (38738)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Iran Stomechinus sp. (37564)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Psephechinus morieri (37510)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Polycyphus arabicus (48585 48586) Polycyphus parvituberculatus (45541 45547)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Chile (Antofagasta) Stomechinus sp. (172173)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Polycyphus parvituberculatus (34544)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Stomechinus sp. (13951)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Phymechinus mirabilis (11085)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland (Jura) Phymechinus mirabilis (196467)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Lorraine) Psephechinus perlatus (21273)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia Polycyphus parvituberculatus (46031)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Poland (Czarnoglowy) Psephechinus sp. (157224)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Poland (Ozarow) Stomechinus semiplacenta (157221)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Poland (Malogoszcz) Polycyphus distinctus, Stomechinus gyratus (157213)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Poland (Sulejow) Stomechinus semiplacenta (157209)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Poland (Korytnica) Polycyphus distinctus, Stomechinus gyratus (157217)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Stomechinus perlatus (154138 241565)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany Phymechinus sp. (211294)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Stomechinus perlatus (23887)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Serbia Codechinus sp. (242153)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal Echinotiara neocomiensis (65854 73334)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Switzerland Codechinus gilleroni (2229)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Serbia Codechinus rotundus (67546)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Trochalosoma gharamulensis (114798)
Campanian - Paleocene83.6 - 56.0Mali Echinotiara perebaskinei (202356)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Phymotaxis tournoueri, Trochalosoma corneti (32167) Trochalosoma corneti (32159 32168)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Trochalosoma corneti (32161 32179)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Trochalosoma corneti (32157 32174)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Cretaceous72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Trochalosoma corneti (32175)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Trochalosoma corneti (32162)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Oman Echinotiara sp. (151619) Echinotiara sp., Phymechinus sp. (151616 151617 151618)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mali Echinotiara perebaskinei (97594 202360 209419 209420)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Santander) Diplotagma sp. (157009 157010)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Netherlands Phymotaxis tournoueri, Trochalosoma corneti (32160)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Netherlands (Limburg) Phymotaxis tournoueri (32166)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Haiti Circopeltis bouillei (61190)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Japan Stomopneustes antiquus (204382)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Cuba Triadechinus multiporus (155852)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Circopeltis couloni (73639)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Florida) Phymotaxis sp. (35013)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Florida) Phymotaxis mansfieldi (60665 155936)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Mexico (Veracruz) Stomopneustes pristinus (204613)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Oregon) Stomechinus dissimilaris (90569)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Stomopneustes variolaris (70098)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Papua New Guinea Stomechinidae indet. (204727)