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Saleniinae

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Taxonomy
Saleniinae was named by Agassiz (1838). It is extant.

It was assigned to Saleniidae by Nisiyama (1966), Fell and Pawson (1966), Geys (1979), Geys (1982) and El Qot (2021).

Subtaxa
Saleniini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Saleniinae Agassiz
1966Saleniinae Fell and Pawson p. U377
1966Saleniinae Nisiyama p. 184
1979Saleniinae Geys p. 298
1982Saleniinae Geys p. 9
2021Saleniinae El Qot p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Calycina(Gregory 1900)
orderSalenioida()
familySaleniidae()
subfamilySaleniinaeAgassiz 1838
subfamilySaleniinaeAgassiz 1838

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.

Subfm. Saleniinae Agassiz 1838
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Tr. Saleniini Agassiz 1838
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G. †Leptosalenia Smith and Wright 1990
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†Leptosalenia arabica Fourtau 1921
†Leptosalenia humei Fourtau 1921
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Invalid names: Salenia dombeensis de Loriol 1888 [synonym], Salenia similis White 1887 [synonym]
G. †Sinaiosalenia El Qot 2021
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 129.40000 to 83.50000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.0 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Leptosalenia somaliensis (2619) Leptosalenia sp. (2576)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Egypt Leptosalenia humei (63979)
Aptian - Cenomanian125.0 - 93.9Angola Salenia dombeensis (210866)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Angola Salenia dombeensis (210857)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Egypt Leptosalenia arabica (220855)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Egypt Leptosalenia humei (220854)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Egypt Leptosalenia humei (220859)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Egypt Leptosalenia arabica (191704)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola Salenia dombeensis (210726)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Salenia arabica (98327)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Brazil Leptosalenia sergipensis (126861)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Brazil (Sergipe) Salenia sergipensis, Salenia similis (87857)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Sinaiosalenia rhombohedralis (220862)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil Leptosalenia sergipensis (141026)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Egypt Leptosalenia aegyptiaca (114805)
Early/Lower Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Egypt Leptosalenia aegyptiaca (114806)