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Glypticus

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Taxonomy
Glypticus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Arbaciidae by Fell and Pawson (1966); and to Phymosomatoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Glypticus Fell and Pawson p. U411
2002Glypticus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderArbacioida()
familyArbaciidae()
genusGlypticus

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. †Glypticus
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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: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-10 13:28:35
Modified: 2009-09-10 15:29:25
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Smith 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Jura) G. hieroglyphicus (196467 196468)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Lorraine) G. hieroglyphicus (21273)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Poland (Sobkow) G. sp. (157214)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany G. sp. (211294)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) G. sulcatus (23887)