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Cravenechinidae

Echinoidea - Palaechinoidea - Cravenechinidae

Taxonomy
Cravenechinidae was named by Hawkins (1946). Its type is Cravenechinus.

It was assigned to Palechinida by Kier (1966).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Cravenechinidae Hawkins p. 195
1966Cravenechinidae Kier p. U311

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassPerischoechinoidea()
superorderEognathostomataSmith 1984
orderPalaechinoidea()
familyCravenechinidae
familyCravenechinidae

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. †Cravenechinidae Hawkins 1946
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G. †Cravenechinus Hawkins 1946
G. †Xenechinus Kier 1958
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Xenechinus parvus Kier 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-08 14:05:00
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:47:17
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Homerian to the top of the Asselian or 430.50000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Homerian - Gorstian430.5 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Gotlandechinus balticus (13720)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Xenechinus parvus (43472)