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Cassidulidae

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Cassidulidae Agassiz and Desor
1915Cassidulidae Clark and Twitchell p. 34
1920Cassidulidae Kew p. 138
1938Cassidulidae Grant and Hertlein p. 106
1962Cassidulidae Kier p. 158
1966Cassidulidae Kier p. U514
1995Cassidulidae Smith p. 202
2010Cassidulidae Kroh and Smith p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
suborderCassidulina
familyCassidulidae
familyCassidulidae

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. Cassidulidae Agassiz and Desor 1847
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G. †Breynella Gregory
G. Cassidulus Lamarck 1801
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Subg. Cassidulus (Cassidulus) Lamarck 1801
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Subg. †Cassidulus (Galerolampas) Cotteau 1889
†Cassidulus abruptus Conrad 1860
†Cassidulus amygdala Desor 1858
†Cassidulus caribaearum Lamarck 1801
†Cassidulus gouldii Bouve 1846
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Invalid names: Cassidulus (Cassidulus) alabamensis Clark and Twitchell 1915 [synonym]
†Cassidulus mercedensis Anderson 1958
†Cassidulus rojasi Sanchez-Roig 1953
†Cassidulus yoshiwarai Loriol 1902
G. †Catopygus
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†Catopygus bargesii d'Orbigny 1856
†Catopygus carinatus Goldfuss 1826
†Catopygus pusillus Clark 1891
†Catopygus rodriguezi Lambert and Sanchez Roig 1926
Invalid names: Penesticta Pomel 1883 [synonym]
G. †Echanthus Cooke 1942
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†Echanthus georgiensis Clark and Twitchell 1915
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Invalid names: Cassidulus (Galerolampas) fontis Cooke 1942 [synonym]
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†Hypsopygaster ungosensis Bajarumas 1915
G. †Nucleopygus Agassiz 1840
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Subg. †Nucleopygus (Jolyclypus) Lambert 1918
†Nucleopygus magnus Smith 1995
†Nucleopygus minor Desor 1842
†Nucleopygus pullatus Smith and Jeffery 2000
†Nucleopygus scrobiculatus Goldufss 1826
†Nucleopygus similis d'Orbigny 1856
†Nucleopygus texanus Clark 1891
G. †Ochetes Pomel 1883
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†Ochetes morrisii Forbes 1849
G. Rhyncholampas Agassiz 1869
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†Rhyncholampas alabamensis Twitchell 1915
†Rhyncholampas carolinensis Clark and Twitchell 1915
†Rhyncholampas grignonensis DeFrance 1825
†Rhyncholampas pacificus Agassiz 1869
†Rhyncholampas rodriguezi Lambert and Sanchez Roig 1926
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Subg. †Stigmatopygus (Cyrtoma) McClelland 1840
Stigmatopygus lamberti Besairie 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:48:53
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:57:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 130.00000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (171 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) Nucleopygus coravium (75576)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Catopygus columbarius (1815) Catopygus sp. (1842) Catopygus vectensis (1769)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0France Nucleopygus roberti (38806)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Catopygus columbarius (1864)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Brazil (Sergipe) Nucleopygus similis (87857)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Catopygus columbaris (82808) Catopygus columbarius (82811)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charente-Maritime) Nucleopygus jolyi, Nucleopygus similis, Catopygus carinatus (64878)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Catopygus carinatus (87797)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charentes) Nucleopygus parallelus, Nucleopygus jolyi, Catopygus carinatus (64881)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Cuba Catopygus rodriguezi (91131)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Catopygus columbarius (59812 59818 85020) Catopygus columbarius, Nucleopygus similis (59802 59810 59813 59814 59817) Catopygus columbarius, Nucleopygus similis, Ochetes morrisii (59815) Catopygus columbarius, Nucleopygus sp., Nucleopygus minor (59816) Catopygus columbarius, Ochetes placentula (59809)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom Catopygus columbarius (59682 59688 59707 59708 59709 59710) Catopygus columbarius, Ochetes placentula (59681)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Catopygus columbarius (59711 82798) Catopygus sp. (82898)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Catopygus colombarius, Nucleopygus similis (73862) Nucleopygus similis (73863)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Catopygus carinatus (59799) Catopygus carinatus, Nucleopygus minor (59806) Nucleopygus parallelus, Catopygus carinatus (59808) Nucleopygus parallelus, Catopygus carinatus, Nucleopygus minor (59807)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom Catopygus columbarius (59712)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Nucleopygus similis (59804)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Landes) Nucleopygus minimus (213761 213769) Nucleopygus parallelus (213768) Nucleopygus sp. A, Nucleopygus parallelus (213763)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (Texas) Echinobrissus texanus (78119) Nucleopygus texanus (197066)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3France Catopygus arnaudi (3779) Nucleopygus sp. (3735)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France Nucleopygus sp. (3737)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Jamaica Nucleopygus cubensis (99824)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman Stigmatopygus sp. (151655)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Catopygus pusillus (78122)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Saudi Arabia Rhynchopygus arumaensis (195511)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Nucleopygus gallagheri (52504)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Cassidulus mercedensis (185457 185494 185622 185628 185632 185636)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain (Santander) Nucleopygus coravium (157004) Nucleopygus coravium, Rhynchopygus sp., Nucleopygus scrobiculatus (157006) Nucleopygus scrobiculatus (157023)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Oman Nucleopygus sp., Stigmatopygus sp. (151619) Stigmatopygus sp. (151654 151656)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Rhynchopygus sp. (67004)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Catopygus fenestratus, Nucleopygus coravium, Nucleopygus scrobiculatus (32158)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Catopygus fenestratus, Nucleopygus coravium, Nucleopygus scrobiculatus (32153) Catopygus fenestratus, Nucleopygus coravium, Rhyncholampas macari, Rhynchopygus marmini (32157) Nucleopygus coravium (32174) Nucleopygus coravium, Nucleopygus scrobiculatus (32154)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Catopygus fenestratus, Nucleopygus coravium, Nucleopygus scrobiculatus (32159) Nucleopygus coravium (32168) Nucleopygus coravium, Rhyncholampas macari, Rhynchopygus marmini, Nucleopygus scrobiculatus (32167)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Catopygus mississippiensis (4150 78123)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Nucleopygus coravium, Nucleopygus scrobiculatus (32179) Nucleopygus scrobiculatus (3123) Rhynchopygus marmini (32161)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Cretaceous70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Nucleopygus coravium, Nucleopygus scrobiculatus (32175)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Nucleopygus coravium (32162)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands Catopygus fenestratus, Rhyncholampas macari, Rhynchopygus marmini, Nucleopygus scrobiculatus (32160)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands (Limburg) Nucleopygus scrobiculatus (32169)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Cassidulus faberi (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Georgia) Echanthus georgiensis (155911)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Echanthus georgiensis (155923 155924) Echinanthus georgiensis (155922)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (La Pampa) Nucleopygus pullatus (236598)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria Cassidulus kieri (7791)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Cassidulus ellipticus (203576)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Peru Rhynchopygus peruvianus (203222)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (California) Catopygus cajonensis (203578)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt Cassidulus sp. (41904)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Rhynchopygus californicus (32907 208694)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Rhyncholampas ericsoni, Rhyncholampas globosus (49882)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Georgia) Rhyncholampas ericsoni (3526)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Rhyncholampas sp. (5476)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Cassidulus carolinensis (5380 5444 5447) Cassidulus raveneli, Cassidulus carolinensis, Rhyncholampas carolinensis (5436 5437) Rhyncholampas carolinensis (5377 5381 5384 5442 5451 5456 5459)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Cassidulus ericsoni, Cassidulus globosus (41475) Cassidulus globosus, Rhyncholampas sp., Cassidulus ericsoni (61109) Rhyncholampas ericsoni, Rhyncholampas globosus (3535)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Cassidulus scutella (10963)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) Casidulus trojanensis (204637) Rhyncholampas sp. (34992)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia Cassidulus sp. (103544)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (California) Cassidulus californicus (203442)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Cassidulus depressus (203464) Cassidulus sp. (57926) Cassidulus trojanensis (204638 204639)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Cuba Rhyncholampas alabamensis (91160) Rhyncholampas rodriguezi (91161)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Alabama) Cassidulus alabamensis (203475)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) Cassidulus gouldii (61122 61123) Rhyncholampas gouldii (35013)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Cassidulus gouldii (203474) Rhyncholampas gouldii (90567)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Florida) Rhyncholampas gouldii (60663 60665 60672 60677 60951 60953 60957 60960 60965 60968 60970 60971 60972 60973 60974 60975 60976 60977 60978)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Georgia) Cassidulus gouldii (155967 155968 155969)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Cuba Cassidulus rojasi (155859)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Cassidulus fontis (61129)
Chattian - Serravallian28.1 - 11.62USA (Florida) Rhyncholampas sp. (35020)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil Cassidulus sp. (112581)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (North Carolina) Cassidulus raveneli (41985)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Mexico (Baja California Sur) Cassidulus mexicanus (203577)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Rhyncholampas sp., Rhyncholampas chipolanus (35018)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Cassidulus sp., Rhyncholampas candidoi (58454)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6USA (Florida) Rhyncholampas sp. (35023)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Alabama) Cassidulus gouldii (89608)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Rhyncholampas evergladensis (35026)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Cassidulus evergladensis (41206 41209) Rhyncholampas sp. (35025)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Rhyncholampas evergladensis (79747)