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Discoides

Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Discoididae

Taxonomy
Discoides was named by Parkinson (1811) [Sepkoski's age data: K Haut K Turo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 577,956]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Discoidinae.

It was assigned to Discoididae by Wagner and Durham (1966); and to Holectypoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Discoidea, D. decoratus, D. infera, D. minimus, D. subuculus
Sister genera
Discoidea

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Discoides Parkinson
1835Discoidea Agassiz p. 137
1842Discoidea Desor
1966Discoides Wagner and Durham p. U444
2002Discoides Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
orderHolectypoida
familyDiscoididae()
genusDiscoidesParkinson 1811

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.

G. †Discoides Parkinson 1811
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†Discoides decoratus Desor 1842
†Discoides infera Desor 1858
†Discoides minimus Agassiz 1840
†Discoides subuculus Leske 1778
Invalid names: Discoidea Agassiz 1835 [nomen vanum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:03:22
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:45:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Parkinsoni to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 171.60000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Discoidea depressa (196369)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Cuba D. decoratus (91138)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Hungary D. rahbergensis (66032)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Hungary D. sp. (66033)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Morocco (Western High Atlas) D. peroni (2070)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Hungary D. decorata (66026)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) D. decorata (1775)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0France D. conicus (56673) D. decoratus (56532)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France D. decorata (58876)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain D. sp. (84552)
Early/Lower Aptian - Late/Upper Aptian121.4 - 113.0France D. decoratus (56420 58252) D. sp. (56539)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland D. subuculus (2237)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Discoidea conica (98230)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0France D. conicus (56561) D. sp. (58940)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3France D. sp. (56845)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian112.03 - 99.6France D. conicus, D. rotulus (58861) D. sp. (57922)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3France D. conicus (233804 233805)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain D. inferus (3824 3829)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France D. conicus (56678 56680) D. conicus, D. rotulus (58125) D. conicus, D. sp. (58527) D. sp. (56523 56552 56669 56848 58122 58126 58246 58359 58363 58364 58431)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Switzerland D. sp. (58113)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Discoidea subculus (82808) Discoidea subuculus (82811)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Discoidea cylindrica (81061 81062) Discoidea subuculus (154013)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian99.6 - 99.6Spain D. inferus (3832)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Discoidea subucula (49496) Discoidea subuculus (82798 82898)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France D. subuculus (85020)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Poland D. subucula (72019)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom D. subucula (59681 59682 59688 59707 59708 59709 59710) D. subucula, D. favrinus (59711)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Poland D. subucula (72022)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Discoidea subuculus (82857)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France D. infera (59799 59811)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Serbia and Montenegro D. minimus, D. infera, D. subuculus (164671)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Poland D. subucula (72020 72021) D. subucula, D. cylindrica (72018)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Poland (Malopolska) D. minimus (72023)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom D. infera (59713)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) D. minima (4072)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Poland D. minima (72024 72025 72026)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Poland D. minima (72027)