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Collyropsis

Echinoidea - Disasteridae

Taxonomy
Collyropsis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Disasteridae by Wagner and Durham (1966); and to Disasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Collyropsis Wagner and Durham p. U527
2002Collyropsis Sepkoski

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

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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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Aptian or 161.50000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Algeria C. carinata (45051)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Algeria C. carinata (45080)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Portugal C. ovulum (65674 65675)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal C. ovulum (65735 65740 65742 65743 65745 65752 65753 65757 73136)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Hungary C. acutocordatus (66034)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Hungary C. ovulum, C. jaccardi, C. globosus (66026)