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Echinus
Taxonomy
Echinus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Triplechinidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Echinidae by Grant and Hertlein (1938), Fell and Pawson (1966); and to Echinoida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Triplechinidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Echinidae by Grant and Hertlein (1938), Fell and Pawson (1966); and to Echinoida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-10-27
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Echinus Linnaeus p. 663 |
| 1915 | Echinus Clark and Twitchell p. 118 |
| 1938 | Echinus Grant and Hertlein p. 22 |
| 1966 | Echinus Fell and Pawson p. U431 |
| 2002 | Echinus Sepkoski |
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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. Echinus Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Echinus (Agarites) Agassiz 1841
Echinus anchistus Clark 1912
Echinus euryporus Clark 1909
†Echinus granularis Wright 1851
Echinus horridus Agassiz 1879
†Echinus purpuratus Stimpson 1857 [Pacific purple sea urchin]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 244.24000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 241.464 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 241.464 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelsonian - Illyrian | Hungary | E. sp. (81051) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | E. exerceus (88091) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | E. dixoni (42643) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Alabama) | E. sp. (45637) | |
| Chattian | New Zealand (South Otago) | E. enysii (45653) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Cyprus | E. sp. (69774) | |
| Messinian | Malta | E. sp. (141546) | |
| Messinian | Spain | E. sp. (56687) | |
| Piacenzian - Zanclean | Belgium | E. lamarcki (32146) | |
| Gelasian | Italy | E. acutus, E. melo (278577) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece | E. melo (88774) |