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Bothriocidaris

Echinoidea - Bothriocidaroida - Bothriocidaridae

Taxonomy
Bothriocidaris was named by d'Eichwald (1859) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 239,1066]. It is the type genus of Bothriocidaridae.

It was assigned to Bothriocidaridae by Kier (1966); and to Bothriocidaroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
B. pahleni, B. parvus, B. solemi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Bothriocidaris d'Eichwald
1966Bothriocidaris Kier p. U301
2002Bothriocidaris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassPerischoechinoidea()
orderBothriocidaroida
familyBothriocidaridaeKelm 1904
genusBothriocidaris

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. †Bothriocidaris d'Eichwald 1859
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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: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:31:31
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:41:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Blackriveran to the top of the Richmondian or 457.30000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Idavere458.0 - 453.0Estonia (Ida-Viru) B. pahleni (193514)
Idavere458.0 - 453.0Estonia (Harju) B. sp. (197482)
Idavere - Johvi458.0 - 449.9Netherlands B. pahleni (192065)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (illinois) B. solemi (195626)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) B. sp. (24103)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) B. solemi (23431 23434)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) B. solemi (23400)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Estonia (Rookula) B. sp. (37810)
Johvi453.0 - 449.9Estonia (Harju) B. sp. (197483)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Latvia (Daugavpils) B. parvus (192988)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) B. maquoketensis (23524)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Illinois, Iowa) B. maquoketensis (23534)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) B. maquoketensis (13200)