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Astriclypeidae

Taxonomy
Astriclypeinae was named by Stefanini (1912). Its type is Astriclypeus.

It was reranked as the family Astriclypeidae by Durham (1955), Durham (1966), Kroh and Smith (2010).

It was assigned to Scutellina by Durham (1955), Durham (1966); and to Scutelliformes by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Astriclypeidae Durham p. 175
1966Astriclypeidae Durham p. U489
2010Astriclypeidae Kroh and Smith p. 172

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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 59.24000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07Taiwan (N/A) Echinodiscus tiliensis, Echinodiscus yeliuensis, Echinodiscus formosus (208822)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Jordan (Al Azraq) Amphiope sp. (121549)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Japan Echinodiscus ashiyaensis (70764)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Japan (Fukuoka) Echinodiscus chikuzenensis (203236)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Taiwan Astriclypeus waiwulunensis (78000)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Libya Amphiope sp. (77253)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Japan (Yamaguchi) Echinodiscus chikuzenensis (51450 51455 51456 51457)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Italy (Sardinia) Amphiope sp. (187329 187330)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan Echinodiscus chikuzensis (203235)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Taiwan Astriclypeus integer (72012 72013 72014 72015)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Egypt Amphiope bioculata (47992)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Echinodiscus bisperforatus (204725)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Taiwan Astriclypeus manni (72016)