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Holectypoida

Echinoidea - Holectypoida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Holectypoida Duncan
1966Holectypoida Wagner and Durham p. U442
1991Holectypoida Smith p. 35
1993Holectypoida Donovan p. 99
1995Holectypoida Smith p. 178
2002Holectypoida Sepkoski
2003Holectypoida Berndt p. 82
2010Holectypoida Kroh and Smith p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
orderHolectypoida
orderHolectypoida

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. Holectypoida Duncan 1889
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Fm. †Anorthopygidae Wagner and Durham 1966
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Anorthopygus orbicularis de Grateloup 1836
Fm. †Discoididae Lambert 1900
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G. †Discoides Parkinson 1811
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Discoides decoratus Desor 1842
Discoides infera Desor 1858
Discoides minimus Agassiz 1840
Discoides subuculus Leske 1778
Invalid names: Discoidea Agassiz 1835 [nomen vanum]
G. †Dixonia
G. †Lanieria Duncan 1889
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Lanieria lanieri Cotteau 1881
Lanieria uvaldana Cooke 1953
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Echinogalerus bueltenensis Schluter 1902
Echinogalerus gehrdensis Roemer 1841
Echinogalerus goslariensis Schluter 1902
Echinogalerus raingeardi Tessier and Roman 1973
Invalid names: Caratomus Desor 1842 [synonym]
G. †Galerites Lamarck 1801
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Galerites abbreviata Lamarck 1816
Galerites albogalerus Leske 1778
Galerites bargesanus d'Orbigny 1853
Galerites castanea Brongniart 1822
Galerites elliptica Zaręczny 1878
Galerites globulus Desor 1842
Galerites laevis Agassiz 1840
Galerites oregonensis Dana 1849
Galerites subrotunda Mantell 1822
Galerites vulgaris Leske 1778
Galerites vulgaris obtusa Zaręczny 1878
Invalid names: Adelopneustes Gauthier 1889 [synonym], Echinoconus d'Orbigny 1854 [synonym]
Fm. †Holectypidae Lambert 1900
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G. †Coenholectypus Pomel 1883
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Coenholectypus excisus Desor 1847
Coenholectypus inflatus Cotteau and Gauthier 1895
Coenholectypus larteti Cotteau 1869
Coenholectypus macropygus Agassiz 1836
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Invalid names: Holectypus adkinsi Smiser 1936 [synonym], Holectypus engerrandi Lambert 1927 [synonym], Holectypus pennanus White 1887 [synonym], Holectypus planatus Roemer 1852 [synonym]
Holectypus larteti major Blenckenhorn 1925
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Coptodiscus noemiae Cotteau and Gauthier 1895
G. †Discholectypus Pomel 1883
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Holectypus cragini Clark and Twitchell 1915
Holectypus montalvensis Sanchez-Roig 1953
Holectypus pealei Clark and Twitchell 1915
Holectypus sarthacensis Cotteau 1856
G. †Metholectypus Hawkins 1923
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Metholectypus trechmanni Hawkins 1923
Invalid names: Coenholectypidae Smith and Wright 1999 [empty], Conoclypina Haeckel 1896 [empty], Holectypina [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:03:22
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:45:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Ypresian or 170.90000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (325 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Holectypus pealei (203316)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia Holectypus depressus (45301 48112) Holectypus phelani (48080 48105 48106)
Parkinsoni170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Discoidea depressa (196369)
Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian170.9 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Holectypus depressus (45303)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Holectypus depressus (48306 48402) Holectypus depressus, Holectypus phelani (48405) Holectypus phelani (48341 48451 48456) Holectypus sp. (48484)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Holectypus depressus (98246)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Iran Holectypus depressus (37563)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Jordan Holectypus depressus (50105)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5China (Xizang) Holectypus depressus (61446)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Armenia Holectypus sarthacensis (196494)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Türkiye Holectypus inflatus (34587)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Santander) Camerogalerus cantabrius, Echinogalerus muelleri, Echinogalerus vetschauensis (157006) Coenholectypus nachtigali (157009 157010) Echinogalerus muelleri (157005 157008 157019 157023) Echinogalerus muelleri, Coenholectypus nachtigali (157007) Echinogalerus vetschauensis, Coenholectypus nachtigali (157004)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Oman Coenholectypus baluchistanensis (151618) Coenholectypus inflatus (151654 151656)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Netherlands (Limburg) Coenholectypus macrostomus (32169)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Netherlands Echinogalerus transversus, Coenholectypus macrostomus (32160)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria Adelopneustes montainvillensis, Adelopneustes boehmi, Adelopneustes akkajensis (47930)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Globator ravni (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Netherlands (Limburg) Adelopneustes montainvillensis (32170)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Spain (Santander) Adelopneustes ernsri (157015)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Cote D'Ivoire Echinogalerus raingeardi (209344)