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Discoididae

Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Discoididae

Taxonomy
Discoidinae was named by Lambert (1900). Its type is Discoides.

It was reranked as the family Discoidesidae by Smiser (1935); it was reranked as the family Discoididae by Wagner and Durham (1966) and Kroh and Smith (2010).

It was assigned to Holectypina by Wagner and Durham (1966); and to Holectypoida by Smiser (1935) and Kroh and Smith (2010).

Subtaxa
Camerogalerus, Discoides (type genus), Dixonia, Lanieria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Discoidesidae Smiser p. 35
1966Discoididae Wagner and Durham p. U444
2010Discoididae 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()
orderHolectypoida
familyDiscoididae()
familyDiscoididae()

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. †Discoididae Lambert 1900
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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]
G. †Dixonia
G. †Lanieria Duncan 1889
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†Lanieria lanieri Cotteau 1881
†Lanieria uvaldana Cooke 1953
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 Middle Campanian or 171.60000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (82 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 Lanieria lanieri, Discoides decoratus (91138)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Hungary Discoides rahbergensis (66032)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Hungary Discoides sp. (66033)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Discoides decorata (1775)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Hungary Discoides decorata (66026)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Morocco (Western High Atlas) Discoides peroni (2070)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0France Discoides conicus (56673) Discoides decoratus (56532)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain Discoides sp. (84552)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France Discoides decorata (58876)
Early/Lower Aptian - Late/Upper Aptian121.4 - 113.0France Discoides decoratus (56420 58252) Discoides sp. (56539)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Discoidea conica (98230)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland Discoides subuculus (2237)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0France Discoides conicus (56561) Discoides sp. (58940)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3France Discoides sp. (56845)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian112.03 - 99.6France Camerogalerus cylindricus, Discoides conicus, Discoides rotulus (58861) Discoides sp. (57922)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3France Discoides conicus (233804 233805)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Discoidea subculus (82808) Discoidea subuculus (82811)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Switzerland Discoides sp. (58113)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Alicante) Camerogalerus cylindricus (38035)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain Discoides inferus (3824 3829)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France Camerogalerus cylindricus (57941) Camerogalerus cylindricus, Discoides conicus (56680) Camerogalerus cylindricus, Discoides sp. (56523 58126) Discoides conicus (56678) Discoides conicus, Discoides rotulus (58125) Discoides conicus, Discoides sp. (58527) Discoides sp. (56552 56669 56848 58122 58246 58359 58363 58364 58431)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Discoidea cylindrica (81061 81062) Discoidea subuculus (154013)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Cuba Lanieria lanieri (91131)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian99.6 - 99.6Spain Camerogalerus cylindricus, Discoides inferus (3832)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom Discoides subucula (59681 59682 59688 59707 59708 59709 59710) Discoides subucula, Discoides favrinus (59711)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Poland Discoides subucula (72019)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Discoidea subucula (49496) Discoidea subuculus (82798 82898)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Camerogalerus cylindricus (58634) Discoides subuculus (85020)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Discoides infera (59799 59811)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Discoidea subuculus (82857)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Poland Discoides subucula (72022)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Serbia and Montenegro Discoides minimus, Discoides infera, Discoides subuculus (164671)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Poland Discoides subucula (72020 72021) Discoides subucula, Discoides cylindrica (72018)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Poland Discoides minima (72024 72025 72026)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Poland (Malopolska) Discoides minimus (72023)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom Discoides infera (59713)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Discoides minima (4072)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Poland Discoides minima (72027)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Lanieria uvaldana (78105 197062)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain (Santander) Camerogalerus cantabrius (157006)