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Laganiformes

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida

Taxonomy
Laganiformes was named by Desor (1847). It is extant.

It was assigned to Scutellina by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Laganiformes Desor
2010Laganiformes Kroh and Smith p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderLaganiformes
infraorderLaganiformes

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.

Infraor. Laganiformes Desor 1847
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Fm. Fibulariidae Gray 1855
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G. †Cyamidia
G. Echinocyamus van Phelsum 1774
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†Echinocyamus bisexus Kier 1968
†Echinocyamus crispus Mazzetti 1893
†Echinocyamus intermedius Hawkins 1922
†Echinocyamus meridionalis Clark and Twitchell 1915
Echinocyamus parvus Emmonds 1858
†Echinocyamus petalus Kier 1964
†Echinocyamus polymorpha Duncan and Sladen 1883
†Echinocyamus prostratus Nisiyama 1968
Echinocyamus pusillus Müller 1776
†Echinocyamus terminalis Grant and Hertlein 1938
†Echinocyamus texanus Clark and Twitchell 1915
†Echinocyamus vaughani Clark and Twitchell 1915
†Echinocyamus wilsoni Kier 1997
Invalid names: Anaster Sismonda 1841 [synonym]
G. †Eoscutum Lambert 1914
G. Fibularia Lamarck
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†Fibularia acuta Yoshiwara 1898
†Fibularia alabamensis Cooke 1959
†Fibularia cribellum Meijere 1904
†Fibularia damensis Kier 1972
Fibularia ovulum Lamarck 1816
G. †Fibulariella Mortensen 1948
G. †Fibulaster Lambert and Thiery 1883
G. †Leniechinus Kier 1968
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†Leniechinus herricki Kier 1968
G. †Lenita Desor 1847
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†Lenita israelskyi Grant and Hertlein 1938
G. †Mortonia Gray 1852
G. †Porpitella Pomel 1883
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†Porpitella micra Clark 1937
G. †Scutellina Agassiz 1841
G. †Tarphypygus Arnold and Clark 1927
G. †Thagastea Pomel 1888
G. †Togocyamus Oppenheim 1915
Invalid names: Echinocyamidae Cooke 1942 [synonym]
Fm. Laganidae Desor 1858
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G. †Fibulina Tornquist 1904
G. Hupea Pomel 1883
G. Jacksonaster Lambert and Thiéry 1914
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†Jacksonaster cubensis Lambert 1925
G. Laganum Link 1807
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†Laganum depressum Agassiz 1841
†Laganum leptum Jackson 1937
G. Peronella Gray 1855
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†Peronella crustuloides Morton 1833
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Invalid names: Laganum johnsoni Clark and Twitchell 1915 [synonym]
†Peronella cubae Weisbord 1934
G. †Peronellites Hayasaka and Morishita 1947
G. Rumphia Desor 1858
G. †Sismondia Desor 1858
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†Sismondia arnoldi Clark and Twitchell 1915
†Sismondia coalingaensis Clark and Twitchell 1915
†Sismondia convexa Nisiyama 1937
†Sismondia javana Nisiyama 1968
Invalid names: Laganinae Agassiz 1873 [empty], Neolaganinae Durham 1954 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
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 Selandian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 61.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma

Collections (121 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria Togocyamus seefriedi (7791)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Togo (Tsevie) Togocyamus seefriedi (42679)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Nigeria (Imo) Fibularia sp. (42653) Fibulariidae indet. (42654)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Nigeria Fibularia sp. (46247)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Georgia) Echinocyamus bisexus, Leniechinus herricki, Fibularia alabamensis (203603)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt Sismondia logtheti (41900)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Libya Echinocyamus cambonensis, Sismondia ocitana (42125) Echinocyamus sp. (49943) Scutellina concava (42127)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Qatar Echinocyamus polymorpha (209101 209102 209104 209105 209106)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan Fibularia sp. (45620)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Libya (Ajdabiya) Sismondia saemanni (42129)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Echinocyamus meridionalis (84149) Porpitella micra (204636)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Egypt (Quseir) Sismondia logotheti, Sismondia sp. (3300)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Texas) Fibularia texana (4899 204621)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt Thagastea luciani (42051)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Fibularia vaughani (49882)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Echinocyamus nacneili (3513) Echinocyamus sp., Echinocyamus macneili (3508) Echinocyamus sp., Fibularia alabamensis (3507 3509) Fibularia alabamensis (3510) Fibularia meridionalis, Echinocyamus huxleyanus (88091)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Echinocyamus parvus (5386 5388 5389 41984) Echinocyamus parvus, Echinocyamus bisexus (5383) Echinocyamus sp. (5366)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Fibularia vaughani (3535) Peronella archerensis, Fibularia vaughani, Peronella crustuloides (61109)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Sismondia ombonii (10963)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Peronella cubae (60451)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania (Cluj-Napoca) Sismondia occitana (221117)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Marshall Islands Echinocyamus petalus (45372 195884 195885 195886)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Peronella crustuloides (57927)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) Fibularia vaughani (34992) Fibularia vaughani, Peronella cubae (61113 61114)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama Peronella acunai, Peronella cubae (42698)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Echinocyamus vaughani (60825)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Alabama) Peronella crustuloides (203470)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Sismondia javana (175334)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Marshall Islands Echinocyamus parviporus (195895)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Echinocyamus ovatus (32013)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Mexico (Veracruz) Laganum leptum (204616)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda Sismondia antillarum (80290)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Malta Echinocyamus stellatus (121540)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03India Echinocyamus bernaniensis (152419)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Echinocyamus wilsoni (71650)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Echinocyamus ovatus (32012)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Marshall Islands Echinocyamus parviporus (195889 195890 195891)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44Marshall Islands Echinocyamus parviporus (195887 195888)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Italy (Sardinia) Echinocyamus sp. (187424 187425 187426 187427 187428)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Marshall Islands Echinocyamus parviporus (195892)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Somalia Echinocyamus sp. (79080)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Northern Mariana Islands Sismondia polymorpha (43368 43370 43371)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Cuba Jacksonaster cubensis (91145)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Florida) Echinocyamus chipolanus (18503)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Madagascar Echinocyamus voeltzkowi (55830 55831 55832)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Peronella decagonalis (81717)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt Echinocyamus stellatus (47993)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Echinocyamus sp. (35018)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Qatar Fibularia damensis (209113 209114 209115 209116 209117 209118)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Italy (Sardinia) Echinocyamus sp. (187430 187431)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria Echinocyamus sp. (55394)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Laganum depressum (204725)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Fibularia gregata (166365)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Echinocyamus sp. (70539)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Somalia Echinocyamus sp. (78939)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Western Australia) Fibularia sp. (63292)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Fiji Fibularia excavata (68292 68294 68302) Fibularia excavata, Laganum depressum (68314 68315) Laganum depressum (68296)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France Echinocyamus pusillus (34609)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Madagascar Echinocyamus voeltzkowi (51586)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Laganum depressum (41473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Peronella decagonalis, Peronella orbicularis (70099)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (California) Merriamaster coalingaensis (203539) Sismondia arnoldi (203559)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Papua New Guinea Laganum depressum, Fibulariidae indet. (204727)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal Echinocyamus pusillus (152330)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Marshall Islands Fibularia ovulum (195894)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Belgium Echinocyamus pusillus (32146)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt ( Al Bahr al Ahmar) Laganum depressum (42120)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt Laganum depressum (96759)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Marshall Islands Fibularia ovulum (195893)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Echinocyamus pusillus (55829)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Egypt Laganum depressum (96760)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Laganum sp. (198534)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Echinocyamus pusillus (41300)