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Echinidae

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Echinidae Gray
1920Echinidae Kew p. 56
1938Echinidae Grant and Hertlein p. 22
1966Echinidae Fell and Pawson p. U431
1995Echinidae Chiesa et al. p. 61
2009Echinidae Smith
2010Echinidae Kroh and Smith p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
—Echinacea()
orderCamarodonta
infraorderEchinidea
familyEchinidae
familyEchinidae

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.

Fm. Echinidae Gray 1825
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G. †Anapesus Holmes 1860
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†Anapesus carolinus Holmes 1860
G. †Atactus
G. Echinus Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Echinus (Agarites) Agassiz 1841
Echinus anchistus Clark 1912
Echinus euryporus Clark 1909
†Echinus granularis Wright 1851
Echinus horridus Agassiz 1879
†Echinus perlatus Desmarest 1825
†Echinus purpuratus Stimpson 1857 [Pacific purple sea urchin]
G. †Isechinus Lambert 1903
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†Isechinus praecursor Ortmann 1900
G. Paracentrotus Mortensen 1903
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†Psammechinus dubius Agassiz 1840
†Psammechinus exoletus McCrady 1857
†Psammechinus ocalanus Cooke 1941
†Psammechinus santee Cooke 1941
G. Tripneustes Agassiz 1841
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Tripneustes depresss Agassiz 1863
†Tripneustes esculenta Leske 1778
Tripneustes gratilla Linnaeus 1758
†Tripneustes magnificus Nisiyama 1966
†Tripneustes pregratilla McNamara and Kendrick 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Frasnian to the top of the Holocene or 382.31000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 372.15 Ma

Collections (125 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Germany Echinidae indet. (227711 227713 227717)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464Hungary Echinus sp. (81051)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Echinidae indet. (140334)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (Yukon) Echinidae indet. (53115)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Echinidae indet. (141344)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland Psammechinus tenuis (2225)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France Psammechinus tenuis (2222)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland Psammechinus tenuis (2247)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Switzerland Psammechinus hyselli (2201)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France Psammechinus montmollini (2209)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal Echinidae indet. (73318 73337)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Portugal Echinidae indet. (73154 73155 73166 73339 73354 73517)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany Echinidae indet. (50421)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Portugal Echinidae indet. (73506 73509 73510 73534 73538 73542 73546 73547 73554 73572)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Switzerland Psammechinus sp. (2229)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil Psammechinus sp. (140839)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Egypt Echinidae indet. (24082)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Aquitaine) Psammechinus sp. (87750)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Psammechinus cingulatus (3113)
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Hypechinus patagonensis, Psammechinus tournoueri, Psammechinus iheringi, Isechinus praecursor (50067)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Psammechinus santee (203664)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Echinus exerceus (88091)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Echinus dixoni (42643)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Psammechinus ocalanus (57927)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Hypechinus patagonensis, Isechinus praecursor (42491 52859)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Santa Cruz) Psammechinus iheringi (50072)
Oligocene - Pliocene33.9 - 2.58Argentina (Santa Cruz) Psammechinus lahillei, Isechinus praecursor (50076)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (South Otago) Echinus enysii (45653)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Psammechinus carolinensis (86499 151325)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Alabama) Psammechinus floralanus (203665)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Italy (Sardinia) Psammechinus sp. (187426 187428) Tripneustes sp. (187424)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Cyprus Echinus sp. (69774)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Micronesia, Federated States of (Mariana Islands) Tripneustes magnificus (204375)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (South Carolina) Stirechinus sp. (92413)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Switzerland Psammechinus dubius (72322 72420)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina Isechinus praecursor (65185)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Egypt Psammechinus dubius (47998)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Psammechinus dubius (66288) Psammechinus sp. (59265)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Psammechinus sp. (35018)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Italy (Sardinia) Psammechinus sp., Tripneustes sp. (187431)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria Psammechinus dubius (55394)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Western Australia) Tripneustes pregratilla (63292)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France Psammechinus neuvillei (34609)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Spain Psammechinus subrogosus (34469)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium Gracilechinus gracilis (206291)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Cyprus Psammechinus sp. (71885 71895)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Psammechinus rugosus (70864) Psammechinus sp. (69864 70786 70882 70884) Psammechinus subrugosus (70879)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Psammechinus sp. (69860)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Psammechinus sp. (69922 70513)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Echinus sp. (56687)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Echinus sp. (141546)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Hipponoe californica (155850)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Virginia) Psammechinus philanthopus (155888) Psammechinus philanthropus (155878 155881 155887 155892)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Psammechinus philanthropus (60940)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Psammechinus philanthropus (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (South Carolina) Psammechinus exoletus (203666)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Belgium Echinus lamarcki, Gracilechinus sp. (32146)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Alpes Maritimes) Paracentrotus lividus (50523)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Anapesus carolinus (79745)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Echinidae indet. (76577 76579) Paracentrotus sp. (215647 215678 215685 215695)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece Echinus melo (88774)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Tripneustes sp. (90592)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain Paracentrotus sp. (215661 215719 215723 215727 215728 215729 215730 215732 215737 215738 215741 215742 215743 215744)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Paracentrotus sp. (215726 215731 215733 215734 215735 215736 215739 215740)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Tripneustes sp. (96892)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain (Cantabria) Paracentrotus sp. (101904)