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Saleniidae

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Saleniidae Haime p. 218
1915Saleniidae Clark and Twitchell p. 49
1964Saleniidae Zullo et al. p. 339
1966Saleniidae Fell and Pawson p. U377
1966Saleniidae Nisiyama p. 183
1979Saleniidae Geys p. 298
1982Saleniidae Geys p. 9
1986Saleniidae Geys and Jagt p. 94
1988Saleniidae Linder et al. p. 946
1991Saleniidae Smith p. 18
1995Saleniidae Smith p. 139
2006Saleniidae Smith
2010Saleniidae Kroh and Smith p. 170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Calycina(Gregory 1900)
orderSalenioida()
familySaleniidae()
familySaleniidae()

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. Saleniidae Agassiz 1838
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G. Salenia Gray 1835
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Subg. †Salenia (Pleurosalenia) De Loriol 1902
†Salenia ameri Lambert 1925
†Salenia anthophora Muller 1847
†Salenia belgica Lambert 1887
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Invalid names: Salenia desori Lambert 1911 [synonym]
†Salenia buddyi Osborn et al. 2016
†Salenia cascadensis Linder et al. 1988
†Salenia cherei Geys 1982
†Salenia heberti Cotteau 1861
†Salenia hondoensis Cooke 1953
†Salenia mexicana Schulter 1910
†Salenia microprocta Smith 1995
†Salenia minima Desor 1846
†Salenia novemprovincialis Nisiyama 1966
†Salenia nutrix Peron and Gauthier 1881
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Invalid names: Salenia cossiaea Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 [synonym], Salenia lamberti Checchia-Rispoli 1932 [synonym]
†Salenia obnupta Schluter 1892
†Salenia schencki Zullo et al. 1964
Salenia scrippsae Zullo et al. 1964
†Salenia scutigera Munster 1826
†Salenia sigillata Schluter 1892
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Invalid names: Salenia rutoti Lambert 1911 [synonym]
†Salenia texana Credner 1891
†Salenia tumidula Clark 1801
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Invalid names: Salenia bellula Clark 1801 [synonym]
G. †Salenidia Pomel 1883
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†Salenidia bonissenti Cotteau 1866
†Salenidia maestrichtensis Schluter 1892
†Salenidia sanctipetri Geys 1979
†Salenidia schlueteri Lambert 1911
Subfm. Saleniinae Agassiz 1838
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Tr. Saleniini Agassiz 1838
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G. †Leptosalenia Smith and Wright 1990
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†Leptosalenia arabica Fourtau 1921
†Leptosalenia humei Fourtau 1921
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Invalid names: Salenia dombeensis de Loriol 1888 [synonym], Salenia similis White 1887 [synonym]
G. †Sinaiosalenia El Qot 2021
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Invalid names: Saleninae Agassiz [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:07:36
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:48:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Holocene or 155.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 150.8 Ma

Collections (134 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Valanginian161.2 - 132.9China (Xizang) Salenia sp. (61414)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Saleniidae indet. (211294)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Switzerland Salenia depressa (2225)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Portugal Salenia depressa (65673 65674)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Portugal Salenia foliumquerci (65740 65745 65747)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Morocco (Western High Atlas) Salenia foliumquerci (2065)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France Salenia foliumquerci (2203)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland Salenia foliumquerci (2198)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) Salenia geometrica, Salenia sp. (75576)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian130.0 - 113.0Romania Salenia prestensis (221641)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Leptosalenia somaliensis (2619) Leptosalenia sp. (2576)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Salenia hieroglyphica (1857)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Egypt Leptosalenia humei (63979)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Portugal Salenia grasi, Salenia pretensis (73556) Salenia mamillata (73507 73560 73564) Salenia prestensis (73543)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland Salenia prestensis (2172 2233 2234)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Hungary Salenia prestensis (66026)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Tunisia Salenia mamillata (87798)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Mexico (Baja California) Salenia mexicana (203137)
Aptian - Cenomanian125.0 - 93.9Angola Salenia dombeensis (210866)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Egypt Leptosalenia arabica (220855)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Angola Salenia dombeensis (210857)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Algeria Salenia prestensis (40789 40790)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain Saleniidae indet. (84552)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Egypt Leptosalenia humei (220854)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) Salenia texana (141153 203426)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Salenia rugosa (1864)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Egypt Leptosalenia humei (220859)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Egypt Leptosalenia arabica (191704)
Middle Albian - Cretaceous109.0 - 66.0Mexico (Colima) Salenia texana (31305)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Salenia sp. (58637)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Brazil Leptosalenia sergipensis (126861)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola Salenia dombeensis (210726)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Brazil (Sergipe) Salenia sergipensis, Salenia similis (87857)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Salenia humi, Salenia arabica (98327)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Cuba Salenia ameri (91131)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian99.6 - 99.6Spain Salenia sp. (3832)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom Salenia petalifera (59682 59688 59707 59708 59709 59710 59711)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Sinaiosalenia rhombohedralis (220862)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Salenidia gibba (59810) Saleniidae indet. (59619)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil Leptosalenia sergipensis (141026) Salenia rugosa, Salenia petalifera, Salenia scutigera (140837)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil Salenia sp. (140840)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USSR Salenia sp. (3795)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Egypt (Sinai) Salenia sp. (3762)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Belgium Salenia cherei (155279)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt (Sinai) Salenia sp. (3765)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Spain Salenia sp. (66964)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France Salenia sp. (3737)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Egypt Leptosalenia aegyptiaca (114805)
Early/Lower Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Egypt Leptosalenia aegyptiaca (114806)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5Germany Salenia heberti (178204)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Belgium Salenidia maestrichtensis (196779)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Salenia hondoensis (3611)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium Salenia obnupta (196851) Salenidia heberti (3910 196852)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) Salenia heberti (32147)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Salenia hondoensis (3632 78169)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Spain Salenia geometrica (3772)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Iran Salenia coniae (87113)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain (Santander) Salenia maestrichtenis (157023) Salenia scabra, Salenia sp. (157006) Salenia sp. (157011)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Belgium Salenia nutrix (121514)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Kazakhstan Salenia pygmaea, Salenia belgica (48024)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Oman Salenia sp. (151616 151617 151618)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Salenia sp. (215344)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Salenidia bonissenti, Salenidia schlueteri, Salenia anthophora, Salenia belgica (196782) Salenidia schlueteri, Salenia anthophora, Salenia belgica, Salenia rutoti (196783)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Salenia anthophora (32148)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Salenia geometrica (67004)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Salenidia pygmaea, Salenia bonissenti, Salenia anthophora, Salenia belgica (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium Salenia sigillata (196784) Salenidia maestrichtensis, Salenidia bonissenti, Salenia belgica (196780)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Kazakhstan Salenia anthophora, Salenia belgica (48025)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Salenia bonissenti (32156) Salenia nutrix, Salenia maestrichtensis, Salenia bonissenti (32157)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium Salenidia maestrichtensis (196777 196778) Salenidia maestrichtensis, Salenidia bonissenti, Salenia belgica (196781)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Salenia bonissenti (32177 32179) Salenia maestrichtensis (32161) Salenidia maestrichtensis (196776) Salenidia maestrichtensis, Salenidia sanctipetri, Salenia anthophora (196775)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Salenia maestrichtensis (32159) Salenia sp., Salenia maestrichtensis (32167)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Salenia bonissenti (32162)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands (Limburg) Salenia maestrichtensis (32166 32169)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands Salenia maestrichtensis (32160)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Salenia sp. (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Netherlands (Limburg) Salenia belgica (32170)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Salenia sp. (34652)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Salenia sp., Salenia tumidula (3113) Salenia tumidula (124966)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (New Jersey) Salenia tumidula (155898 155904 155905 211306)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Salenidia savini (59788)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) Salenia buddyi (52348)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Alicante) Salenia garciae (207104)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Salenia schencki (126108) Salenia sp. (75900)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Oregon) Salenia schencki (201481 201483 201484 201486)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Japan (Nagasaki) Salenia novemprovincialis (204379)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Oregon) Salenia cascadensis (90569)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Pacific Salenia scrippsae (203136)