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Plesiechinus

Echinoidea - Pygasteridae

Taxonomy
Plesiechinus was named by Pomel (1883).

It was assigned to Pygasteridae by Fell (1966), Jesionek-Szymanska (1970); and to Pygasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. hawkinsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Plesiechinus Pomel p. 167
1966Plesiechinus Fell p. U365
1970Plesiechinus Jesionek-Szymanska p. 415
2002Pleiechinus Sepkoski

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

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. †Plesiechinus Pomel 1883
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†Plesiechinus hawkinsi Jesionek-Szymanska 1970
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 Oxynotum to the top of the Early/Lower Bathonian or 199.50000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxynotum199.5 - 192.9USA (Nevada) P. hawkinsi (158314)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Iran P. sp. (37563)