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Spatangidae

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Spatangidae Gray p. 430
1904Spatangidae Clark p. 430
1915Spatangidae Clark and Twitchell p. 86
1920Spatangidae Kew p. 143
1938Spatangidae Grant and Hertlein p. 126
1938Spatangidae Turner p. 41
1964Spatangidae Djabarov p. 45
1966Spatangidae Fischer p. U605
2010Spatangidae Kroh and Smith p. 173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
superfamilySpatangidea
familySpatangidae
familySpatangidae

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. Spatangidae Gray 1825
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G. †Epiaster
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†Epiaster brevipetalus Smith and Wright 2008
†Epiaster catumbellensis de Loriol 1888
†Epiaster depressus Kew 1920
†Epiaster distinctus Agassiz and Desor 1847
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Invalid names: Epiaster polygonus Orbigny 1991 [synonym]
†Epiaster michelini d'Orbigny 1847
†Epiaster whitei Clark 1891
G. †Gonimaretia Clark 1917
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†Gonimaretia laevis Clark 1917
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†Isomicraster danei Cooke 1953
†Isomicraster gibbus Lamarck 1816
†Isomicraster rossi Cooke 1953
G. Maretia Gray 1855
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†Maretia carinata Bolau 1873
†Maretia carolinensis Kier 1997
†Maretia clarki Lambert 1924
†Maretia cordata Mortensen 1948
Maretia elevata Döderlein 1906
Maretia elliptica Bolau 1874
Maretia fasciata Lambert 1924
†Maretia hungarica Vadász 1915
Maretia mascareignarum Michelin 1863
Maretia peloria Clark 1916
Maretia planulata Lamarck 1816
†Maretia praelongus Herklots 1854
†Maretia saccoi Airaghi 1905
†Maretia savini Cotteau 1893
Maretia tuberculata Agassiz and Clark 1907
†Maretia twitchelli Lambert 1924
†Maretia variegatus Gray 1866
†Maretia zeisei Gagel 1905
G. Paramaretia Mortensen 1951
G. †Sarsella Pomel
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†Sarsella gregoryi Clark and Twitchell 1915
G. Spatangus Gray 1825
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Subg. Spatangus (Granopatagus) Lambert 1915
Subg. †Spatangus (Phymapatagus) Lambert 1910
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†Phymapatagus heberti Cotteau 1885
Subg. †Spatangus (Platyspatus) Pomel 1883
Subg. Spatangus (Spatangus) Fischer 1966
†Spatangus brissus Leske 1778
†Spatangus californicus Clark 1917
†Spatangus depressus Dubois 1843
†Spatangus fuchsi Oppenheim 1901
†Spatangus glenni Cooke 1959
†Spatangus integer Sorignet 1850
†Spatangus ovatus Leske 1778
†Spatangus rarus Israelsky 1923
†Spatangus tapinus Schenck 1928
†Spatangus ventricosus Lamarck 1816
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 119.57000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma

Collections (96 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Switzerland Epiaster polygonus (2174 2233 2234)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Morocco (Western High Atlas) Epiaster restrictus (2070)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Algeria Epiaster restrictus (40787 40788)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Epiaster sp. (88253)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Greenland Spatangidae indet. (160914)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar Epiaster besairiei, Epiaster jeanneti (98245)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Epiaster jeanneti, Epiaster besairiei (86497)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Madagascar (Mahajanga) Epiaster besairiei (86503)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain Epiaster sp. (3823 3824 3829)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Epiaster whitei (58637)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Epiaster distinctus (56552 58363)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Epiaster catumbellensis (210726 210730 210731 210777 210778 210779 210780 210781 210851)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Spain Epiaster sp. (3832)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Portugal Epiaster sp. (145896)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Arab Emirates Epiaster blanckenhorni, Epiaster dartoni (3792)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Angola Epiaster catumbellensis (210860)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom Micraster distinctus (59708)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Micraster distinctus (59809)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Angola Epiaster catumbellensis (210856)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Bayern) Epiaster distinctus, Epiaster brevipetalus (114012)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Epiaster michelini (3778)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) Isomicraster rossi (78174)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Gabon Epiaster michelini (209609)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Spain Epiaster laxoporus (66965)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Spain Epiaster laxoporus (66963)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6France Epiaster laxoporus (3736)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria Spatangus sp. (74490)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6France Epiaster laxoporus (3780)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Texas) Isomicraster danei (78176)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Epiaster laxoporus (3784)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Turkmenistan Isomicraster gibbus (196564 196565 196566)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Isomicraster stolleyi (31992)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Isomicraster stolleyi (31993)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Arkansas) Isomicraster danei (78175)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Maretia subrostrata (5476) Sarsella gregoryi (5468)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Maretia subostrata (5383) Maretia subrostrata (5366 5367 5385 5386 5452 5457 5459 5460 60452)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Maretia grignonensis (42636) Spatangus grandituberculatus (8024)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (California) Spatangus pachecoensis (203466) Spatangus tapinus (200715)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Spatangus sp. (39695)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Maretia hoffmanni (32013)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Maretia carolinensis (86499) Maretia sp. (151325)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45India (Gujarat) Maretia ranjitpurensis (277688)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Italy (Sardinia) Spatangus sp. (187424 187425 187426 187427 187428 187429) Spatangus thieryi (187423)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Egypt Spatangus sp. (47996)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Italy Spatangus austriacus (96239) Spatangus lamberti (96243 96244) Spatangus sp. (96238)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Belgium Spatangus sp. (95167)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Bosnia and Herzegovina Spatangus sp. (54126)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Maretia pulchella, Maretia planulata (70099)
Kapitean7.2 - 5.333New Zealand Maretia sp. (155844)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Virginia) Spatangus glenni (155881 155884)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Spatangus glenni (60940)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) Spatangus sp. (209253)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Spatangus rarus (120820)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Belgium Spatangus pupureus (32146)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Japan (Chiba) Spatangus pallidus (204372)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan (Chiba) Spatangus pallidus (204466)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Maretia planulata (80718)