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Echinoneidae

Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Echinoneidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Echinoneidae Clark and Twitchell p. 67
1938Echinoneidae Grant and Hertlein p. 103
1966Echinoneidae Nisiyama p. 275
1966Echinoneidae Wagner and Durham p. U445
2005Echinoneidae Donovan et al. p. 106
2010Echinoneidae Kroh and Smith p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
orderEchinoneoida()
familyEchinoneidae()
familyEchinoneidae()

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. Echinoneidae Agassiz and Desor 1847
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G. †Amblypygus Agassiz 1840
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Subg. †Amblypygus (Paramblypygus) Tessier and Roman 1973
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Amblypygus (Paramblypygus) houphoueti Tessier and Roman 1973
Amblypygus americanus Desor 1858
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Invalid names: Amblypygus merrilli Clark and Twitchell 1915 [synonym]
Amblypygus depressus Sanchez-Roig 1953
Amblypygus subhemisphericus Israelsky 1923
G. Echinoneus Leske 1778
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Echinoneus burgeri Grant and Hertlein 1938
Echinoneus orbicularis Desor 1846
Echinoneus robustus Sanchez-Roig 1953
Invalid names: Koehleraster Lambert and Thiery 1921 [synonym]
G. †Paleoechinoneus Grant and Hertlein 1938
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Paleoechinoneus hannai Grant and Hertlein 1938
G. †Pygoyrina Pomel 1883
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Pygoyrina desmoulinsii Archiac 1847
G. †Pyrina Desmoulins
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Pyrina montainvillensis Sorignet 1850
Pyrina parahybensis Maury 1930
Pyrina parryi Hall 1857
G. †Rhopostoma Cooke 1959
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Pleistocene or 139.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.9 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland Pyrina incisa (2247)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9France Pyrina incisa (2222)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Portugal Pyrina sp. (65672)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland Pyrina pygaea (2256 2259) Pyrina pygaea, Pyrina incisa (2198) Pyrina pygmaea (2258)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Hungary Pyrina hungarica, Pyrina pygaea (66032) Pyrina pygaea (66030)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Portugal Pyrina globosa (65740 65745)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France Pyrina incisa (2199 2209) Pyrina pygaea (2206)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Hungary Pyrina hungarica (66033)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Portugal Pyrina pygoea (73507 73556 73559 73564)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Hungary Pyrina spp. (66026)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland Pyrina avellana (2176) Pyrina cylindrica (2173) Pyrina pygaea (2189 2229)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0France Pyrina pygaea (2190)
Early/Lower Aptian - Late/Upper Aptian121.4 - 113.0France Pyrina sp. (56667)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Pyrina desmoulinsii (1864)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3USA (Texas) Pyrina parryi (123358)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Pyrina parryi (58637)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Mexico (Baja California) Paleoechinoneus hannai (203575)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Aquitaine) Pyrina flava (87401 87756)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Brazil (ParaĆ­ba) Pyrina parahybensis (88074)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Turkey Pyrina ovulum (34587)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Rhopostoma creniferum (155920) Rhopostoma sp. (2838 2840)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Amblypygus dilatatus (59788)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Cote D'Ivoire Amblypygus houphoueti (78687 209338 209341)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Amblypygus subhemisphericus (203576)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Pakistan Amblypygus subrotundus (77304)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Cuba Amblypygus depressus (155852)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Amblypygus americanus (204624)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Amblypygus americanus (3570 3571)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Jamaica Amblypygus americanus (204623)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) Amblypygus sp. (34992)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica Echinoneus cyclostomus (7214)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Cuba Echinoneus robustus (155854)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Amblypygus merrilli (61072)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Jamaica Echinoneus cyclostomus (69729)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Italy (Sardinia) Koehleraster sp. (187431)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Wakayama) Echinoneus cyclostomus (203149)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Echinoneus lorioli (70881)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Echinoneus burgeri (124531)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal Echinoneus cyclostomus (152330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Cuba Echinoneus cyclostomus (91153)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Taiwan Echinoneus cyclotomus (204401)