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Echinoida

Echinoidea - Echinoida

Taxonomy
Echinoida was named by Troschel (1872). It is extant.

It was assigned to Echinacea by Fell and Pawson (1966); and to Echinoidea by Chiesa et al. (1995) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Echinoida Troschel
1966Echinoida Fell and Pawson p. U431
1995Echinoida Chiesa et al. p. 61
2002Echinoida Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
orderEchinoidaTroschel 1872
orderEchinoidaTroschel 1872

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.

Or. Echinoida Troschel 1872
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G. †Spaniocyphus Pomel 1883
Invalid names: Echinoina Claus 1876 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 09:09:17
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:44:03
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kashirian to the top of the Holocene or 313.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Echinoida indet. (46548)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Echinoida indet. (64273)
Asselian - Kungurian298.9 - 272.3China (Qinghai) Echinoida indet. (68583)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy Echinoida indet. (67739)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Italy Echinoida indet. (67731)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) Echinoida indet. (53564)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Bavaria) Echinoida indet. (51270)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Echinoida indet. (38482)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5United Kingdom (England) Echinoida indet. (38483)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India Echinoida indet. (63075 67571 67580)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Echinoida indet. (68281)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5Antarctica Echinoida indet. (36802)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Echinoida indet. (38692 68366)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Echinoida indet. (67978)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy Echinoida indet. (68259)
Late/Upper Valanginian - Early/Lower Hauterivian140.2 - 130.0Hungary Echinoida indet. (67017)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Georgia Echinoida indet. (67510)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Brazil Echinoida indet. (114715)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Bulgaria Echinoida indet. (67563)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Italy Echinoida indet. (67085)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) E. irr (74092 74127 74184)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Echinoida indet. (74085) E. irr (74019 74074) E. reg (74060)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) E. irr (73959 73960 73961 73962 73964)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Neuquén) E. irr (73920 73922 73926 73940 73992 74041)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (California) Echinoida indet. (37517)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Morocco Echinoida indet. (70929)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Echinoida indet. (79752)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Echinoida indet. (70890 70928)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Chile (Huasco) Echinoida indet. (223291)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Echinoida indet. (97293)