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Coelopleurus

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Taxonomy
Coelopleurus is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Arbaciidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Grant and Hertlein (1938), Cooke (1941), Nisiyama (1966), Fell and Pawson (1966), Kier (1980); and to Phymosomatoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. carolinensis, C. castroi, C. coronaformis, C. infulatus, C. maculatus, C. singularis, Murravechinus
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. coronalis, C. fourtaui, C. wetherelli
Sister genera
Murravechinus
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Coelopleurus Clark and Twitchell p. 117
1938Coelopleurus Grant and Hertlein p. 21
1941Coelopleurus Cooke p. 8
1966Coelopleurus Fell and Pawson p. U411
1966Coelopleurus Nisiyama p. 204
1980Coelopleurus Kier p. 18
2002Coelopleurus Sepkoski
2002Murravechinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
—Echinacea()
orderArbacioida()
familyArbaciidae()
genusCoelopleurus

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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†Coelopleurus castroi Maury 1930
†Coelopleurus infulatus Morton 1833
†Coelopleurus maculatus Agassiz and Clark 1907
†Coelopleurus singularis Nisiyama 1966
Invalid names: Murravechinus [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-10 13:28:35
Modified: 2009-09-10 15:29:25
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Smith 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Pleistocene or 72.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Brazil (Paraíba) C. castroi (88074)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24Egypt C. fourtaui (87000)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) C. wetherelli (76601)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Spain C. sp. (165187)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (South Carolina) C. infulatus (32901)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (8024)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) C. carolinensis (5377 5448) C. infulatus (5366 5367) C. infulatus, C. carolinensis (5386)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain C. coronalis (277560) C. sp. (127463)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) C. infulatus (5344 5354 5474 5484)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan (Shizuoka) C. singularis (204383)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (South Australia) Murravechinus paucituberculatus (88322)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California) C. coronaformis (97124)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan (Chiba) C. maculatus (204384)