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Galerites

Echinoidea - Holectypoida

Taxonomy

Galerites was named by Lamarck (1801) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is the type genus of Galeritidae.

It was assigned to Cassidulidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Galeritidae by Wagner and Durham (1966); and to Holectypoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Adelopneustes akkajensis, Adelopneustes boehmi (syn. Globator ravni, Neoglobator insolitus, Pygorhynchus conicus, Pygorhynchus houzeaui, Pygorhynchus ovalis), Adelopneustes ernsti, Adelopneustes montainvillensis, Echinoconus rothomagensis, G. oregonensis

Synonyms

Echinoconus was named by d'Orbigny (1854).

It was synonymized subjectively with Galerites by Wagner and Durham (1966).

It was assigned to Echinodermata by Cotteau (1881).
Adelopneustes was named by Gauthier (1889).

It was synonymized subjectively with Galerites by Wagner and Durham (1966).

It was assigned to Holectypoida by Jagt (2000).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1801	Galerites Lamarck p. 19
1854	Echinoconus d'Orbigny
1881	Echinoconus Cotteau
1889	Adelopneustes Gauthier
1915	Galerites Clark and Twitchell p. 210
1966	Galerites Wagner and Durham p. U447
2000	Adelopneustes Jagt
2002	Galerites Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Eleutherozoa
—	Echinozoa	()

Rank	Name	Author
class	Echinoidea	()
subclass	Euechinoidea	Bronn 1860
superorder	Acroechinoidea	()
—	Carinacea
—	Irregularia	()
order	Holectypoida
genus	Galerites

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. †Galerites Lamarck 1801

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†Galerites oregonensis Dana 1849

Invalid names: Adelopneustes Gauthier 1889 [synonym], Echinoconus d'Orbigny 1854 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

high Mg calcitec

Ontogeny:

accretion, addition of partsp

Environment:

marinep

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

semi-infaunalo

Diet:

detritivoreo

Vision:

limitedc

Dispersal:

waterp

Dispersal 2:

planktonicp

Created:

2004-02-29 10:03:22

Modified:

2009-12-13 03:45:22

Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum

References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Thanetian or 105.30000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Egypt	Echinoconus costanea (98327)
Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Serbia and Montenegro	Echinoconus rothomagensis (164671)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	France (Haute-Garonne)	Echinoconus gigas (13217)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany	G. globosus (64187)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany	G. roemeri (64215)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	France (Landes)	G. sulcatus (213858)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany (Niedersachsen)	G. roemeri, G. vulgaris, G. sulcatoradiatus (31993)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)	G. abbreviatus, G. stadensis, G. sulcatoradiatus, G. vulgaris (32022)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Kazakhstan	G. stadensis (48022)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	France (Haute-Garonne)	Echinoconus gigas (13218)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Austria	Adelopneustes montainvillensis, Adelopneustes boehmi, Adelopneustes akkajensis (47930)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Netherlands (Limburg)	Adelopneustes montainvillensis (32170)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Denmark	Globator ravni (89866)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	Spain (Santander)	Adelopneustes ernsri (157015)