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Leioechinus

Echinoidea

Taxonomy
Leioechinus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phymosomatoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
L. amplus, L. namus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Leioechinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Calycina(Gregory 1900)
suborderPhymosomatoida()
genusLeioechinus

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 calcitesubo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingsubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:30:22
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:47:39
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Callovian or 170.90000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia L. namus (48112 48136)
Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian170.9 - 165.3Saudi Arabia L. namus (45303)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia L. namus (45394 45464 48141 48300 48339 48340 48341 48373 48395 48402 48405)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia L. amplus (47890) L. amplus, L. namus (48564) L. namus (45547)