Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Plesiodiadema

Echinoidea - Aspidodiadematoida - Aspidodiadematidae

Taxonomy
Plesiodiadema was named by Pomel (1883). It is extant.

It was assigned to Aspidodiadematidae by Smith (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Plesiodiadema Pomel p. 106
1966Eosalenia Fell p. U352
1995Eosalenia Smith p. 746
2002Eosalenia Sepkoski
2015Plesiodiadema Smith p. 46

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
orderAspidodiadematoida
familyAspidodiadematidae(Duncan 1889)
genusPlesiodiadema

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.

G. Plesiodiadema Pomel 1883
show all | hide all
†Plesiodiadema jessoni Gregory 1896
hide
Invalid names: Eosalenia miranda Lambert 1905 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eosalenia [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 164.70000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (Buckinghamshire) Eosalenia jessoni (196232)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Eosalenia jessoni (93214)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Cambridgeshire) Eosalenia jessoni (93211 93213)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Pseudodiadema jessoni (191840)