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Anorthopygus

Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Anorthopygidae

Taxonomy
Anorthopygus is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Nucleolites orbicularis. It is the type genus of Anorthopygidae.

It was assigned to Anorthopygidae by Wagner and Durham (1966); and to Holectypoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. orbicularis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Anorthopygus Wagner and Durham p. U444
2002Anorthopygus Sepkoski

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

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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†Anorthopygus orbicularis de Grateloup 1836
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 109.00000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Egypt A. orbicularis (191703 191704)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt A. orbicularis (63980)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt A. orbicularis (150677)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Arab Emirates A. arabicus (3792)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian99.6 - 99.6Spain A. orbicularis (3832)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt A. orbicularis (140114)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France A. orbicularis (59809 59818)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) A. orbicularis (73862)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France A. orbicularis (59811)