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Echinothurioida

Echinoidea - Echinothurioida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Echinothurioida Durham and Melville p. 253
1966Echinothurioida Fell p. U346
2002Echinothurioida Sepkoski
2010Echinothurioida Kroh and Smith p. 170
2015Echinothurioida Smith p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
orderEchinothurioida()
orderEchinothurioida()

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.

Or. Echinothurioida Claus 1880
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Fm. Echinothuriidae Thomson 1872
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Subfm. Echinothuriinae Thomson 1872
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Subfm. Hygrosomatinae Smith and Wright 1990
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G. Hygrosoma Hygrosoma 1903
Subfm. Sperosomatinae Smith and Wright 1990
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G. Sperosoma Koehler 1897
Fm. Kamptosomatidae Mortensen 1934
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G. Kamptosoma Mortensen 1903
Fm. †Pelanechinidae Groom 1887
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Pelanechinus corallinus Wright 1858
Invalid names: Pelanodiadema [synonym]
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Pseudopedina bakeri Wright 1854
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Invalid names: Soudetaster martinezae Vadet et al. 2011 [synonym]
Pseudopedina divionensis Michelin 1854
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Invalid names: Echinopsis smithii Forbes 1856 [synonym], Pseudopedina nodoti Cotteau 1858 [synonym]
Invalid names: Soudetaster Vadet et al. 2011 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pelanodiademidae Hess 1972 [invalid subgroup]
Fm. Phormosomatidae Mortensen 1934
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Invalid names: Paraphormosomatinae Smith and Wright 1990 [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: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 09:26:37
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:35:10
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 174.10000 to 66.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 171.6 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Aalenian175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Pseudopedina bakeri (196221)
Murchisonae175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom (England) Pedina bakeri (196365) Soudetaster martinezae (77240)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Pseudopedina bakeri (196222)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Luxembourg Pseudopedina divionensis (38549)
Garantiana - Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (Somerset) Pseudopedina divionensis (196225)
Laeviuscula171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Pseudopedina bakeri (196220)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Switzerland Pelanodiadema oolithicum (32036)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (Somerset) Echinopsis smithii (196223)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Pseudopedina divionensis (196226)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Pseudopedina divionensis (196224)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Wiltshire) Hemipedina corallina (196009) Pelanechinus corallinus (196219)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Hemipedina corallina (196014)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Echinothuriidae indet. (32148 32158)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Hygrosoma bruennichi (32022)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Echinothuriidae indet. (32172)