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Urechinidae

Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Urechinidae

Taxonomy
Urechinidae was named by Duncan (1889). It is extant.

It was assigned to Holasteroida by Wagner and Durham (1966); and to Urechinina by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Urechinidae Duncan
1966Urechinidae Wagner and Durham p. U535
2010Urechinidae Kroh and Smith p. 173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderHolasteroida
suborderMeridosternata
infraorderUrechinina
familyUrechinidae
familyUrechinidae

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. Urechinidae Duncan 1889
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G. Carnarechinus Mironov 1978
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Sanchezaster habanensis Lambert 1924
G. Urechinus Agassiz 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 10:02:19
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:44:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.03000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Cuba Sanchezaster habanensis (91139)