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Pyrina

Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Echinoneidae

Taxonomy
Pyrina was named by Desmoulins [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 956].

It was assigned to Echinoneidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); and to Holectypoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. montainvillensis, P. parahybensis, P. parryi
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. hungarica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Pyrina Clark and Twitchell p. 67
2002Pyrina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
orderEchinoneoida()
familyEchinoneidae()
genusPyrinaDesmoulins

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. †Pyrina Desmoulins
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†Pyrina montainvillensis Sorignet 1850
†Pyrina parahybensis Maury 1930
†Pyrina parryi Hall 1857
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: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 139.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland P. incisa (2247)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9France P. incisa (2222)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Portugal P. sp. (65672)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Hungary P. hungarica, P. pygaea (66032) P. pygaea (66030)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Portugal P. globosa (65740 65745)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland P. pygaea (2256 2259) P. pygaea, P. incisa (2198) P. pygmaea (2258)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France P. incisa (2199 2209) P. pygaea (2206)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Hungary P. hungarica (66033)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0France P. pygaea (2190)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Hungary P. spp. (66026)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Portugal P. pygoea (73507 73556 73559 73564)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland P. avellana (2176) P. cylindrica (2173) P. pygaea (2189 2229)
Early/Lower Aptian - Late/Upper Aptian121.4 - 113.0France P. sp. (56667)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3USA (Texas) P. parryi (123358)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) P. parryi (58637)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Aquitaine) P. flava (87401 87756)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Brazil (Paraíba) P. parahybensis (88074)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Turkey P. ovulum (34587)