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Faujasia

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae

Taxonomy
Faujasia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Faujasiidae by Kier (1962), Kier (1966) and Smith (1995); and to Cassiduloida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Faujasia Kier p. 137
1966Faujasia Kier p. U508
1995Faujasia Smith p. 191
2002Faujasia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
familyFaujasiidae()
genusFaujasia

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. †Faujasia
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Faujasia apicalis Desor 1847
†Faujasia chelonium Cooke 1953
†Faujasia eccentripora Lees 1928
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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman F. sp. (151655)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Aquitaine) F. apicalis (87756)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Spain F. eccentripora (3772)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman F. sp. (151653)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates F. eccentripora (67456)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Oman F. sp. (151616 151617 151618 151619 151654 151656)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) F. chelonium (4632)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) F. apicalis (32157)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands F. apicalis (3123)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Echinoidea indet. (67134)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands F. apicalis (32160)