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Fibularia

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae

Taxonomy
Fibularia was named by Lamarck [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Echinoneidae by Cooke (1942); to Fibulariidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Durham (1955), Durham (1966), Nisiyama (1968), Kier (1968), Donovan (1993); and to Clypeasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Fibularia Clark and Twitchell p. 121
1942Fibularia Cooke p. 7
1955Fibularia Durham p. 131 figs. Pigs. 5, d; 6, g
1966Fibularia Durham p. U469
1968Fibularia Kier p. 21
1968Fibularia Nisiyama p. 53
1993Fibularia Donovan p. 388
2002Fibularia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderLaganiformes
familyFibulariidae()
genusFibulariaLamarck

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. Fibularia Lamarck
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†Fibularia acuta Yoshiwara 1898
†Fibularia alabamensis Cooke 1959
†Fibularia cribellum Meijere 1904
†Fibularia damensis Kier 1972
Fibularia ovulum Lamarck 1816
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Piacenzian or 48.07000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Nigeria F. sp. (46247)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Nigeria (Imo) F. sp. (42653)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Georgia) F. alabamensis (203603)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan F. sp. (45620)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Texas) F. texana (4899 204621)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) F. alabamensis (3507 3509 3510) F. meridionalis (88091)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Qatar F. damensis (209113 209114 209115 209116 209117 209118)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) F. gregata (166365)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Western Australia) F. sp. (63292)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Fiji F. excavata (68292 68294 68302 68314 68315)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Marshall Islands F. ovulum (195894)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Marshall Islands F. ovulum (195893)