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Thylechinus

Echinoidea - Phymosomatidae

Taxonomy
Thylechinus was named by Pomel (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp T Ol].

It was assigned to Echinidae by Cooke (1941); to Phymosomatidae by Fell and Pawson (1966); and to Phymosomatoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Thylechinus Pomel p. 91
1941Thylechinus Cooke p. 13
1966Thylechinus Fell and Pawson p. U402
2002Thylechinus 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()
familyPhymosomatidae
genusThylechinus

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. †Thylechinus Pomel 1883
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Selandian or 100.50000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Arab Emirates T. sp. (3792)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria T. tessieri (7791)