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Gotlandechinus

Echinoidea - Palaechinoidea - Cravenechinidae

Taxonomy
Gotlandechinus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cravenechinidae by Kier (1966); and to Echinocystitoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Gotlandechinus Kier p. U311
2002Gotlandechinus Sepkoski

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

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.

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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: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Homerian to the top of the Gorstian or 430.60000 to 425.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Homerian - Gorstian430.6 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) G. balticus (13720)