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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 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 110.10000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Egypt Anorthopygus orbicularis (191703 191704)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt Anorthopygus orbicularis (63980)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Egypt Anorthopygus orbicularis (150677)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian100.5 - 100.5Spain Anorthopygus orbicularis (3832)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Anorthopygus orbicularis (73862)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Anorthopygus orbicularis (59809 59818)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Anorthopygus orbicularis (140114)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Anorthopygus orbicularis (59811)