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Temnopleuridae

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Temnopleuridae

Taxonomy

Temnopleuridae was named by Agassiz (1872). It is extant.

It was assigned to Temnopleuroina by Nisiyama (1966); to Temnopleuroida by Fell and Pawson (1966), Ragaini (1994), Lindley (2001); and to Temnopleuridea by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1872	Temnopleuridae Agassiz p. 285
1966	Temnopleuridae Fell and Pawson p. U418
1966	Temnopleuridae Nisiyama p. 210
1994	Temnopleuridae Ragaini p. 289
2001	Temnopleuridae Lindley p. 123
2010	Temnopleuridae Kroh and Smith p. 171

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Eleutherozoa
—	Echinozoa	()

Rank	Name	Author
class	Echinoidea	()
subclass	Euechinoidea	Bronn 1860
—	Echinacea	()
order	Camarodonta
infraorder	Temnopleuridea
family	Temnopleuridae
family	Temnopleuridae

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. Temnopleuridae Agassiz 1872

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G. Amblypneustes

G. Desmechinus

G. †Echinocyphus Cotteau 1860

Invalid names: Echinocyphus Cotteau 1860 [objective synonym]

G. Genocidaris Agassiz 1869

G. †Glyptechinus

G. †Goniosigma

G. †Grammechinus

G. †Graphepleurus

G. †Irenechinus

G. †Leiocyphus

G. †Leptopleurus

G. †Martinechinus

G. Microcyphus

G. Opechinus

†Opechinus costatus d'Archiac and Haime 1853

G. Ortholophus Duncan 1887

G. †Paradoxechinus

G. Printechinus

G. Prionechinus

G. †Pseudarbacina

G. Pseudechinus

Pseudechinus magellanicus Phillippi 1857

G. †Pseudodicoptella

G. Salmacis

†Salmacis dussumieri Agassiz 1846

G. †Scolechinus

G. †Temnechinus

Subfm. †Temnopleurinae Agassiz 1872

G. †Brochopleurus

†Brochopleurus pulcherrimus Nisiyama 1966

G. Erbechinus

†Erbechinus gratus Nisiyama 1966

G. †Mespilia Desor 1846

†Mespilia globulus Agassiz and Desor 1846

G. †Salmaciella Mortensen 1942

G. Temnopleurus

Subg. †Temnopleurus (Toreumatica) Gray 1855

†Temnopleurus (Toreumatica) reevesii Gray 1855

†Temnopleurus hardwickii Gray 1855

†Temnopleurus toreumaticus Leske 1778

G. Temnotrema

†Temnotrema macleayana Tenison-Woods 1878

†Temnotrema rubrum Döderlein 1885

†Temnotrema sculptum Agassiz 1863

G. †Triplacidia

G. †Zeuglopleurus

†Zeuglopleurus pisum Schluter 1883

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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Santonian to the top of the Holocene or 85.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma

Collections (28 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Germany	Zeuglopleurus pisum (178204)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Belgium	Zeuglopleurus rowei (32171)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (California)	Brochopleurus sp. (51922)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Türkiye	Triplacidia trakyensis (40793)
Kaiatan	39.1 - 36.7	New Zealand	Temnopleuridae indet. (4887)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian	23.04 - 15.98	Italy (Sardinia)	Genocidaris sp. (187424 187425 187426 187427 187428)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	Japan (Shizuoka)	Erbechinus gratus (204383)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	Indonesia	Temnopleurus toreumaticus (81717)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Qatar	Opechinus costatus (209112)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Egypt	Brochopleurus fourtaui (47993)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.45 - 13.82	Italy (Sardinia)	Brochopleurus sp., Genocidaris sp. (187431)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Australia (South Australia)	Ortholophus morganensis, Ortholophus pulchellus (88322)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Fiji	Graphepleurus granularis (68177)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Madagascar	Opechinus hookeri, Prionechinus sp. (51586)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)	Temnopleurus toreumaticus (41473)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene	11.63 - 3.6	Japan (Chiba)	Brochopleurus pulcherrimus (204393)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Papua New Guinea	Temnotrema macleayana (204727)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Japan (Hyogo)	Temnopleurus toreumaticus (204385)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Japan (Kanagawa)	Temnotrema ruhrum, Temnopleurus hardwickii (204390)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Japan (Chiba)	Temnopleurus hardwickii (204387 204389) Temnopleurus hardwickii, Temnopleurus reevesii (204386) Temnotrema sculplum, Temnopleurus reevesii (204384)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Japan (Chiba)	Mespilia globulus (204392)