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Stomechinus

Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae

Taxonomy
Stomechinus was named by Desor (1858) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo T Ol-u Sepkoski's reference number: 577]. Its type is Echinus bigranularis. It is the type genus of Stomechiens.

It was assigned to Pedinidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Stomechinidae by Fell and Pawson (1966) and Linder et al. (1988); and to Phymosomatoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Stomechinus Desor p. 124
1915Stomechinus Clark and Twitchell p. 33
1966Stomechinus Fell and Pawson p. U403
1988Stomechinus Linder et al. p. 948
2002Stomechinus Sepkoski

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

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. †Stomechinus Desor 1858
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Stomechinus bigranularis Lamarck 1816
Stomechinus dissimilaris Linder et al. 1988
Stomechinus hyatti Clark 1893
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Chattian or 183.00000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.3 - 145.0Chile (Región de Tarapacá) S. sp. (228997)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Late/Upper Aalenian183.0 - 171.6Chile (Huasco) S. sp. (223405)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Switzerland S. polyporus (32036)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3USA (California) S. hyatti (156330)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France S. varusensis (38738)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Iran S. sp. (37564)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Tunisia S. sp. (13951)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Chile (Antofagasta) S. sp. (172173)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Poland (Malogoszcz) S. gyratus (157213)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Poland (Ozarow) S. semiplacenta (157221)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Poland (Korytnica) S. gyratus (157217)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Poland (Sulejow) S. semiplacenta (157209)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) S. perlatus (41817 154138)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) S. perlatus (23887)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Oregon) S. dissimilaris (90569)