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Pelanechinus

Echinoidea - Echinothurioida - Pelanechinidae

Taxonomy
Pelanechinus is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Hemipedina corallina. It is the type genus of Pelanechinidae.

It was assigned to Pelanechininae by Fell (1966); to Echinothurioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pelanechinidae by Smith (2015).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Pelanechinus Fell p. U349
2002Pelanechinus Sepkoski
2002Pelanodiadema Sepkoski
2015Pelanechinus Smith p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
orderEchinothurioida()
familyPelanechinidae
genusPelanechinus

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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Pelanechinus corallinus Wright 1858
Invalid names: Pelanodiadema [synonym]
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: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 09:26:37
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:35:10
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Middle Oxfordian or 171.60000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Switzerland Pelanodiadema oolithicum (32036)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Wiltshire) Hemipedina corallina (196009) P. corallinus (196219)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Hemipedina corallina (196014)