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Echinometra

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinometridae

Taxonomy
Echinometra was named by Gray (1825) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Echinoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Echinometridae by Grant and Hertlein (1938), Cooke (1941), Nisiyama (1966), Fell and Pawson (1966), Donovan et al. (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Echinometra Gray p. 426
1938Echinometra Grant and Hertlein p. 39
1941Echinometra Cooke p. 18
1966Echinometra Fell and Pawson p. U433
1966Echinometra Nisiyama p. 267
2002Echinometra Sepkoski
2002Ellipsechinus Sepkoski
2005Echinometra Donovan et al. p. 104

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderCamarodonta
infraorderOdontophora
familyEchinometridae()
genusEchinometra

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. Echinometra Gray 1825
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Echinometra hondoana Nisiyama 1966
Echinometra lucunter Linnaeus 1758
Echinometra mathaei Blainville 1825
Echinometra oblonga Blainville 1825
Echinometra vanbrunti Agassiz 1863
Invalid names: Ellipsechinus [synonym]
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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Texas) E. prisca (69932)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Jamaica E. lucunter (69729)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Cuba Ellipsechinus prisca (91133)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan (Miyagi) E. hondoana (204399)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58CuraƧao E. lucunter (209183)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic E. lucunter (90590)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan E. mathaei (34880)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) E. lucunter (35028)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) E. lucunter (35025)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) E. sp. (82820)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea E. mathaei (80719)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica E. lucunter (90592)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt E. mathaei (120128)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Belize E. viridis (97612)