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Urechinina

Echinoidea - Holasteroida

Taxonomy
Urechinina was named by Clark (1946). It is extant.

It was assigned to Meridosternata by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Urechinina Clark
2010Urechinina Kroh and Smith p. 173

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

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.

Infraor. Urechinina Clark 1946
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Fm. Plexechinidae Mooi and David 1996
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G. Plexechinus Agassiz 1898
Fm. Pourtalesiidae Agassiz 1881
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Fm. Urechinidae Duncan 1889
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G. Carnarechinus Mironov 1978
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Sanchezaster habanensis Lambert 1924
G. Urechinus Agassiz 1879
Invalid names: Carnarechinidae Mironov 1993 [empty]
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 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Cuba Sanchezaster habanensis (91139)