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Hyposaleniidae

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae

Taxonomy
Hyposaleniinae was named by Mortensen (1934). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the family Hyposaleniidae by Kroh and Smith (2010).

It was assigned to Saleniidae by Fell and Pawson (1966); and to Salenioida by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Hyposaleniinae Mortensen p. 165
1966Hyposaleniinae Fell and Pawson p. U379
2010Hyposaleniidae 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()
familyHyposaleniidae()
familyHyposaleniidae()

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. †Hyposaleniidae Mortensen 1934
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G. †Goniophorus Agassiz 1838
G. †Hyposalenia Desor 1858
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Hyposalenia heliophora Agassiz and Desor 1846
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Invalid names: Peltastes heliophorus Desor 1864 [synonym], Peltastes ultimus Ravn 1928 [synonym]
G. †Peltastes Agassiz 1838
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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Danian or 155.70000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Hyposaleniidae indet. (211294)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) Goniophorus scotti (80258)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Turkmenistan Hyposalenia stellulata (2260)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Morocco (Western High Atlas) Hyposalenia stellulata (2065)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland Peltastes lardyi (2256 2259)
Early/Lower Aptian - Late/Upper Aptian125.45 - 112.03France Hyposalenia sp. (56539)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Morocco (Western High Atlas) Hyposalenia lardyi (2070)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0France Peltastes lardyi, Peltastes meyeri (2186)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland Peltastes lardyi (2172 2234) Peltastes lardyi, Peltastes meyeri (2179 2189 2229)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Hyposalenia wrighti (1754 1857) Hyposalenia wrighti, Hyposalenia lardyi, Hyposalenia stellulata (1854) Hyposalenia wrighti, Hyposalenia stellulata (1769)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland Goniophorus apiculatus (2237)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0France Hyposalenia studeri (56561 58123)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Hyposalenia studeri (1864)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Dominican Republic Hyposalenia sp. (65128)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian112.03 - 99.6France Hyposalenia studeri (57922 58861)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3France Hyposalenia studeri (233804 233805)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France Hyposalenia studeri (56678 58527)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charente-Maritime) Hyposalenia acanthoides (64878)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Hyposalenia acanthoides (59802 59809 59810 59812 59814 59815 59818) Hyposalenia clathrata (85020)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Peltastes clathrata, Peltastes umbrella (49496)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Hyposalenia acanthoides (73862)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom Goniophorus lunatus (59688 59708) Goniophorus lunatus, Hyposalenia clathrata (59710) Goniophorus lunatus, Hyposalenia umbrella (59711) Hyposalenia clathrata (59709) Hyposalenia umbrella (59682)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Hyposalenia acanthoides (59803 59804 59805)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Austria Hyposalenia heliophora (47931)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Netherlands (Limburg) Hyposalenia heliophora (32170)