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Coenholectypus macropygus

Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Holectypidae

Taxonomy
Discoidea macropyga was named by Agassiz (1836). It is the type species of Coenholectypus.

It was recombined as Coenholectypus macropygus by El Qot (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Discoidea macropyga Agassiz
2021Coenholectypus macropygus El Qot p. 17 figs. 7C, H1, H2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
orderHolectypoida
familyHolectypidae
genusCoenholectypus
speciesmacropygus(Agassiz 1836)

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.

Coenholectypus macropygus Agassiz 1836
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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 mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:03:22
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:45:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Valanginian to the top of the Middle Albian or 140.20000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Hungary Coenholectypus macropygus (66031)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0France Coenholectypus macropygus (68940 68946 68947 68984 68987 68991 69004 69007 69077 69078 69079 69082 69492 69744 69745 69746 69747 69751 69752 69760 69762 69763 69764 69765 69776 69778 69780 69781 69782 69785 69786 69793 69794 84872 84873 84876 84877 84878 84879)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Hungary Coenholectypus macropygus (66039)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Egypt Coenholectypus macropygus (220852)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Egypt Coenholectypus macropygus (191703)