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Cottaldia

Echinoidea

Taxonomy
Cottaldia was named by Desor (1856) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti K Ceno-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1043].

It was assigned to Diadematidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Arbaciidae by Fell and Pawson (1966); and to Phymosomatoida by Smith (1991) and Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. benettiae (syn. C. rotula), Cotteaudia
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. botula
Sister genera
Cotteaudia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Cottaldia Desor
1915Cottaldia Clark and Twitchell p. 57
1966Cottaldia Fell and Pawson p. U411
1991Cottaldia Smith p. 34
2002Cottaldia Sepkoski
2002Cotteaudia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Calycina(Gregory 1900)
suborderPhymosomatoida()
genusCottaldiaDesor 1856

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. †Cottaldia Desor 1856
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†Cottaldia benettiae Koenig 1825
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Invalid names: Cottaldia rotula Clark and Twitchell 1915 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cotteaudia [nomen vanum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingsubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:30:22
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:47:39
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola C. sp. (210731)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) C. benettiae (87797)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian99.6 - 99.6Spain C. sp. (3832)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) C. botula (88748)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil C. benettiae (140837 141026)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France C. benettiae (59802 59810 59812 59814) C. bennetiae (85020)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom C. benettiae (59688) C. granulosa (59682 59707 59708 59709 59710) C. granulosa, C. benettiae (59711)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France C. benettiae (59799 59811)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil C. benettiae (140839)