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Goniopygus

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Taxonomy
Goniopygus was named by Agassiz (1838) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-u T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 942]. It is the type genus of Goniopygidae.

It was assigned to Hemicidaridae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Arbacioida by Donovan (1993); to Goniopygidae by Smith (1995); to Phymosomatoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Arbaciidae by Nisiyama (1966), Fell and Pawson (1966), Geys (1981) and Berndt (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Goniopygus Agassiz
1915Goniopygus Clark and Twitchell p. 52
1966Goniopygus Fell and Pawson p. U411
1966Goniopygus Nisiyama p. 203
1981Goniopygus Geys p. 262
1993Goniopygus Donovan p. 97
1995Goniopygus Smith p. 142
2002Goniopygus Sepkoski
2003Goniopygus Berndt p. 81

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

G. †Goniopygus Agassiz 1838
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†Goniopygus arabicus Smith 1995
†Goniopygus atavus Nisiyama 1950
†Goniopygus eravillensis Arnaud 1889
†Goniopygus menardi Desmarest in Defrance 1925
†Goniopygus minor Sorignet 1850
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Invalid names: Goniopygus heberti Cotteau 1866 [synonym]
†Goniopygus zitteli Clark 1891
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: Kiessling 2004, Smith 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Danian or 139.80000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (84 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Switzerland G. decoratus (2225)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9France G. decoratus (2222)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Portugal G. sp. (65673)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland G. decoratus (2217)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Turkmenistan G. peltatus (2260)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Portugal G. peltatus (65740 65745 65747 65749 65761 65854 73144 73336) G. peltatus, G. hispaniae (65872)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland G. peltatus (2256)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Portugal G. peltatus (73556 73560 73564)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland G. peltatus (2180 2188 2189 2192 2193 2226 2227 2228 2229)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0France G. peltatus (2186 2190)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Saudi Arabia G. sp. (195504)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan G. atavus (91290)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Egypt G. menardi (191703)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3USA (Texas) G. zitteli (123338)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt G. bituberculatus (63980)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Jordan G. menardi (96246 96247)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Jamaica G. sp. (73172)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France G. major, G. menardi (59810) G. menardi (59802 59809 59813 59814 59815 59816 59817 59818)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) G. menardi (73862 73863)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt G. menardi (114867 114871)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt G. menardi (114911)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt G. menardi (150675)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt G. menardi (140242) G. sp., G. menardi (114798)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France G. menardi (59806 59807)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France G. major, G. menardi (59803 59804 59805)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt G. peroni (114822 114823 140624)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt G. peroni (114801)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Spain G. sp. (66964)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Egypt G. innesi (114825)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6Jamaica G. supremus (73146)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates G. sp. (67456)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Jamaica G. supremus (73169)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica (St. James) G. supremus (162540 162541)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica G. supremus (73168)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Belgium G. minor, G. eravillensis (196834)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Oman G. sp. (151616 151617 151619)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon Parish) G. supremus (163010)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain (Santander) G. tetraphyma (157009 157010)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) G. sp. (67004)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) G. sp. (32167)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands G. minor (196775 196823)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6Netherlands G. sp. (32160)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France G. minor (20816)