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Psephechinus

Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae

Taxonomy
Psephechinus was named by Pomel (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: J Toar-l K l].

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Psephechinus Pomel p. 81
1966Psephechinus Fell and Pawson p. U406
2002Psephechinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderStomopneustoida
familyStomechinidae()
genusPsephechinus

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. †Psephechinus Pomel 1883
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Psephechinus globosus Lambert 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Middle Oxfordian or 170.30000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Luxembourg P. germinans (38549)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Morocco P. globosus (68165)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Morocco P. globosus (204643)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France P. morieri (37510)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Lorraine) P. perlatus (21273)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Poland (Czarnoglowy) P. sp. (157224)