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Stirodonta

Echinoidea

Taxonomy
Stirodonta was named by Jackson (1912). It is extant.

It was reranked as the suborder Stirodonta by Grant and Hertlein (1938).

It was assigned to Centrechinoida by Grant and Hertlein (1938); and to Echinacea by Smith (1991).

Subtaxa
Hemicidaroida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Stirodonta Jackson
1938Stirodonta Grant and Hertlein p. 18
1991Stirodonta Smith p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
—Echinacea()
superorderStirodontaJackson 1912
superorderStirodontaJackson 1912

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.

Superor. Stirodonta Jackson 1912
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Or. †Hemicidaroida Beurlen 1937
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G. †Allomma
G. †Micropedina Cotteau 1866
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†Micropedina gongilensis Brighton 1925
†Micropedina olisiponensis Forbes in Sharpe 1850
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Invalid names: Codiopsis cotteaui Coquand 1862 [synonym], Micropedina bipatellis Gregory 1906 [synonym]
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 Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 125.77000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Allomma sp. (2576)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Egypt Trochodiadema libanoticum (63979)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Saudi Arabia Micropedina olisiponensis (195497 195501)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Bolivia Micropedina sp. (229873)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Arab Emirates Trochodiadema libanoticum, Trochodiadema sp. (3792)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Jordan Micropedina olisiponensis (96247 96249)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Allomma rhodani (59810)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom Allomma rhodani (59688 59707 59708)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Micropedina olisiponensis (150675)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Bolivia Micropedina sp. (229871)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Kyrgyzstan (Batken) Micropedina olisiponensis (3796)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Micropedina olisiponensis (114798 114813 114896 140242)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil Micropedina olisiponensis (141007 141027 141028)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Nigeria Micropedina olisiponensis (4048 4055 4059 210161)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil Micropedina olisiponensis (141009)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Nigeria Micropedina olisiponensis (83019)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria Micropedina olisiponensis (83021 83025) Micropedina olisiponensis, Micropedina gongilensis (117606)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Tunisia Hemicidaroida indet. (88853)