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Progonechinus

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Glyphocyphidae

Taxonomy
Progonechinus is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Progonechinus Cooke p. 14
1966Progonechinus Fell and Pawson p. U417
2002Progonechinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderCamarodonta
infraorderTemnopleuridea
familyGlyphocyphidae()
genusProgonechinus

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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Progonechinus pretiosus Clark and Twitchell 1915
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Orthechinus pretiosus (203438)