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Anorthopygidae

Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Anorthopygidae

Taxonomy
Anorthopygidae was named by Wagner and Durham (1966). Its type is Anorthopygus.

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

Subtaxa
Anorthopygus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Anorthopygidae Wagner and Durham p. U444
2010Anorthopygidae Kroh and Smith p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
orderHolectypoida
familyAnorthopygidae
familyAnorthopygidae

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. †Anorthopygidae Wagner and Durham 1966
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†Anorthopygus orbicularis de Grateloup 1836
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:03:22
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:45:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 109.00000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Egypt Anorthopygus orbicularis (191703 191704)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Anorthopygus orbicularis (63980)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt Anorthopygus orbicularis (150677)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Arab Emirates Anorthopygus arabicus (3792)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian99.6 - 99.6Spain Anorthopygus orbicularis (3832)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Anorthopygus orbicularis (140114)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Anorthopygus orbicularis (59809 59818)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Anorthopygus orbicularis (73862)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Anorthopygus orbicularis (59811)