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Gotlandechinus balticus

Echinoidea - Palaechinoidea - Cravenechinidae

Taxonomy
Gotlandechinus balticus was named by Regnéll (1956). It is not extant. Its type locality is Echinoids of the Klinteberg Group on Gotland, which is in a Homerian/Gorstian marine limestone/marl in the Klinteberg Beds Formation of Sweden. It is the type species of Gotlandechinus.

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by B. Allen on 2025-11-25; modified by B. Allen on 2025-11-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Gotlandechinus balticus Regnéll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassPerischoechinoidea()
superorderEognathostomataSmith 1984
orderPalaechinoidea()
familyCravenechinidae
genusGotlandechinusRegnéll 1956
speciesbalticusRegnéll 1956

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.

†Gotlandechinus balticus Regnéll 1956
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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: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-08 14:05:00
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:47:17
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Homerian to the top of the Gorstian or 430.60000 to 425.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Homerian - Gorstian430.6 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) Gotlandechinus balticus (type locality: 13720)