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Anorthopygus orbicularis

Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Anorthopygidae

Taxonomy
Nucleolites orbicularis was named by de Grateloup (1836). It is the type species of Anorthopygus.

It was recombined as Anorthopygus orbicularis by El Qot (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Nucleolites orbicularis de Grateloup
2021Anorthopygus orbicularis El Qot p. 18 figs. 7E, G1, G2, J, K, 8I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
orderHolectypoida
familyAnorthopygidae
genusAnorthopygus
speciesorbicularis(de Grateloup 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.

†Anorthopygus orbicularis de Grateloup 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, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 109.00000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Egypt Anorthopygus orbicularis (191703 191704)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Anorthopygus orbicularis (63980)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt Anorthopygus orbicularis (150677)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian99.6 - 99.6Spain Anorthopygus orbicularis (3832)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Anorthopygus orbicularis (140114)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Anorthopygus orbicularis (59809 59818)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Anorthopygus orbicularis (73862)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Anorthopygus orbicularis (59811)