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Tetragramma

Echinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae

Taxonomy
Tetragramma was named by Agassiz (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: J Call K Turo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 577,956]. Its type is Cidarites variolare.

It was assigned to Hemicidaroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pseudodiadematidae by Fell and Pawson (1966), Smith (1991) and Berndt (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Tetragramma Agassiz
1966Tetragramma Fell and Pawson p. U390
1991Tetragramma Smith p. 22
2002Tetragramma Sepkoski
2003Tetragramma Berndt p. 80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
familyPseudodiadematidae
genusTetragrammaAgassiz 1840

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. †Tetragramma Agassiz 1840
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†Tetragramma deshayesi Cotteau 1864
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Invalid names: Phymosoma braziliensis White 1887 [synonym]
†Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822
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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 157.30000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (88 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Poland (Wierzbica) T. planissimum (157220)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Poland (Czarnoglowy) T. pomeraniae (157224)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Poland (Malogoszcz) T. pomeraniae (157213)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Poland (Niziny) T. planissimum (157215)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Yemen (Wadi Hajar) T. variolare (2576)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Morocco (Western High Atlas) T. autissiodorense (2067)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Portugal T. dubium, T. raulini (73556) T. raulini (73564)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Egypt T. barthouxi (63979)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Morocco (Western High Atlas) T. dumasi (2070)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) T. malbosi (1754 1775) T. rotulare (1769 1854 1857)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Algeria T. malbosi (40787)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Spain T. sp. (236856)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Egypt T. sp. (191699)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) T. hourcqi (86497)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar T. brongniarti (98268)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian112.03 - 99.6France T. brongniarti (58861)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Egypt T. variolare (191704)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt T. variolare (114864) T. variolare, T. deshayesi (63980)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Portugal T. lusitanicum (145814)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France T. brongnarti (56552) T. brongniarti (56523 56678 58126 58246 58364 58431 58527)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt T. variolare (150677)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Peru (Cajamarca) T. sp. (56902)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charentes) T. variolare (64881)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Saudi Arabia T. variolare (195497 195501)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Arab Emirates T. variolare (3792)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain T. variolare (175374 175376)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Jordan T. variolare (96246 96247 96249)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian99.6 - 99.6Spain T. variolare (3832)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil T. variolare (195519)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) T. variolare (73862)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom T. variolare (59682 59688 59707 59708 59709 59710)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt T. variolare (114867 114872 114874 140613 220862)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) T. variolare (59711)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France T. variolare (59809 59810 59812 59813 59815 59816 59817 59818 85020)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Nigeria T. variolare (4048 4055)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt T. variolare (114798)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France T. variolare (59799 59807 59811)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil T. deshayesi (140980 141007 141015)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt T. variolare (114885)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom T. variolare (59712)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France T. sp. (59791) T. variolare (59803 59804 59805)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil T. deshayesi (141018)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil Phymosoma braziliensis (195792) T. deshayesi (141008 141009)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Spain T. variolare (175375)