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Faujasiidae

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae

Taxonomy

Faujasidae was named by Lambert (1905).

It was corrected as Faujasiidae by Kier (1966), Smith (1991), Smith (1995), Chiesa et al. (1995), Manso and Andrade (2008), Kroh and Smith (2010).

It was assigned to Cassiduloida by Kier (1962), Kier (1966), Smith (1991), Smith (1995), Chiesa et al. (1995), Manso and Andrade (2008); and to Clypeasteroida by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Subtaxa

Australanthus, Domechinus, Eurypetalum, Faujasia, Fauraster, Gongrochanus, Lefortia (syn. Pomeliopsis, Pomelia), Petalobrissus, Pygidiolampas, Stigmatopyginae, Zuffardia

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1905	Faujasidae Lambert p. 13
1962	Faujasidae Kier p. 119
1966	Faujasiidae Kier p. U508
1991	Faujasiidae Smith p. 43
1995	Faujasiidae Chiesa et al. p. 62
1995	Faujasiidae Smith p. 191
2008	Faujasiidae Manso and Andrade p. 322
2010	Faujasiidae Kroh and Smith p. 172

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Eleutherozoa
—	Echinozoa	()
class	Echinoidea	()

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Euechinoidea	Bronn 1860
superorder	Acroechinoidea	()
—	Carinacea
—	Irregularia	()
—	Microstomata
—	Neognathostomata
order	Clypeasteroida
family	Faujasiidae	()
family	Faujasiidae	()

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. †Faujasiidae Lambert 1905

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G. †Australanthus

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†Australanthus longianus Gregory 1800

G. †Domechinus Kier 1962

G. †Eurypetalum Kier 1962

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Eurypetalum faujasii Desmoulins 1837

G. †Faujasia

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Faujasia apicalis Desor 1847

†Faujasia chelonium Cooke 1953

†Faujasia eccentripora Lees 1928

G. †Fauraster

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Fauraster priscus Lambert 1924

G. †Gongrochanus Kier 1962

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Gongrochanus herscheliana M'Clelland 1840

G. †Lefortia

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Lefortia delgadoi De Loriol 1900

†Lefortia trojana Cooke 1953

Invalid names: Pomelia de Loriol 1900 [replaced], Pomeliopsis de Loriol 1901 [objective synonym]

G. †Petalobrissus Lambert 1916

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Subg. †Petalobrissus (Paralampas) Duncan and Sladen 1882

†Cassidulus (Paralampas) lyelli Conrad 1850

Invalid names: Cassidulus (Pygorhynchus) georgiensis Clark and Twitchell 1915 [synonym]

†Paralampas conceptionis Sanchez-Roig 1953

†Paralampas rancureli Tessier and Roman 1973

†Petalobrissus cubensis Weisbord 1934

Invalid names: Nucleolites wilderae Ikins 1940 [synonym], Petalobrissus burckhardti Lambert 1936 [synonym], Phyllobrissus brasiliensis Beurlen 1964 [synonym]

†Petalobrissus linguiformis Peron and Gauthier 1881

†Petalobrissus rawdahensis Smith 1995

†Petalobrissus setifensis Coquand 1866

Invalid names: Parapygus mossoroensis Maury 1925 [synonym]

G. †Pygidiolampas

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Pygidiolampas eurynota Clark 1923

G. †Zuffardia Checchia-Rispoli 1917

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†Zuffardia morgani Cotteau and Gauthier 1895

Invalid names: Catopygus boucarti Lambert 1925 [synonym], Catopygus rohlfsi Krumbeck 1906 [synonym], Zuffardia creullii Checchia-Rispoli 1933 [synonym]

Invalid names: Stigmatopyginae Smith and Wright 2000 [empty]

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:

semi-infaunalo

Diet:

detritivoreo

Vision:

limitedc

Dispersal:

waterp

Dispersal 2:

planktonicp

Created:

2004-02-28 18:19:59

Modified:

2009-10-08 15:05:22

Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the Priabonian or 93.90000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.8 Ma

Collections (57 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Egypt	Petalobrissus pygmaeus (114897 140317)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Brazil	Petalobrissus cubensis, Petalobrissus setifensis (98673)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Brazil	Petalobrissus cubensis (90505)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Egypt	Petalobrissus pygmaeus (114823 140595 150674)
Middle Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Egypt	Petalobrissus pygmaeus (114800 114903)
Middle Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Brazil (Sergipe)	Petalobrissus cubensis (143185)
Turonian - Early/Lower Campanian	93.9 - 72.2	Brazil	Petalobrissus cubensis (195861)
Late/Upper Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Egypt	Petalobrissus waltheri (114804)
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Egypt	Petalobrissus waltheri (114825 114826)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Egypt	Petalobrissus waltheri (114805)
Early/Lower Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Egypt	Petalobrissus waltheri (114806)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	USA (Texas)	Nucleolites wilderae (197082)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian	85.7 - 72.2	Brazil	Petalobrissus setifensis (195862)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Mexico (Chiapas)	Petalobrissus burckhardti (197083)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Texas)	Phyllobrissus cubensis (3602 78197 197078 197079 197080 197081)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Texas)	Phyllobrissus cubensis (3611 78105 78126 197062 197077)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	France (Aquitaine)	Faujasia apicalis (87756)
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Texas)	Phyllobrissus cubensis (3632)
Campanian - Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Oman	Faujasia sp., Zuffardia sp., Petalobrissus rawdahensis, Petalobrissus linguiformis (151655)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Spain	Faujasia eccentripora (3772)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Oman	Faujasia sp., Petalobrissus rawdahensis (151653)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	United Arab Emirates	Faujasia eccentripora (67456)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Mississippi)	Lefortia trojana (78125)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Kazakhstan	Zuffardia sp. (48025)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Belgium (Liege)	Faujasia apicalis (32157)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Texas)	Faujasia chelonium (4632)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Netherlands (Limburg)	Echinoidea indet. (67134)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Netherlands	Faujasia apicalis (3123)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Spain (Santander)	Zuffardia sp. (157006)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Oman	Faujasia sp. (151616) Faujasia sp., Petalobrissus rawdahensis (151617) Faujasia sp., Zuffardia sp., Petalobrissus rawdahensis (151618 151654) Faujasia sp., Zuffardia sp., Petalobrissus rawdahensis, Petalobrissus linguiformis (151619 151656)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian	72.2 - 61.66	Netherlands	Faujasia apicalis (32160)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Cote D'Ivoire	Paralampas rancureli (78687 209342)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Cuba	Paralampas conceptionis (155870)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Georgia)	Cassidulus georgiensis (57927) Cassidulus lyelli (203464)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Florida)	Cassidulus lyelli (3569 61109)