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Echinocyamus

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae

Synonyms
  • Anaster was named by Sismonda (1841).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Echinocyamus by Durham (1955).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1774Echinocyamus van Phelsum pp. 131-136 figs. pl. 1, Figs. 1-35, Pl. 2, Figs. 1-35
1841Anaster Sismonda p. 45
1915Echinocyamus Clark and Twitchell p. 119
1938Echinocyamus Grant and Hertlein p. 47
1942Echinocyamus Cooke p. 27
1955Echinocyamus Durham p. 133 figs. (Figs. 8, Tc; 9, 6, i; 14, a; 30, /f
1966Echinocyamus Durham p. U469
1968Echinocyamus Kier p. 12
1968Echinocyamus Nisiyama p. 47
1974Echinocyamus Wagner p. 109
1980Echinocyamus Kier p. 34
1997Echinocyamus Kier p. 8
2002Echinocyamus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderLaganiformes
familyFibulariidae()
genusEchinocyamusvan Phelsum 1774

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. Echinocyamus van Phelsum 1774
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†Echinocyamus bisexus Kier 1968
†Echinocyamus crispus Mazzetti 1893
†Echinocyamus intermedius Hawkins 1922
†Echinocyamus meridionalis Clark and Twitchell 1915
Echinocyamus parvus Emmonds 1858
†Echinocyamus petalus Kier 1964
†Echinocyamus polymorpha Duncan and Sladen 1883
†Echinocyamus prostratus Nisiyama 1968
Echinocyamus pusillus Müller 1776
†Echinocyamus terminalis Grant and Hertlein 1938
†Echinocyamus texanus Clark and Twitchell 1915
†Echinocyamus vaughani Clark and Twitchell 1915
†Echinocyamus wilsoni Kier 1997
Invalid names: Anaster Sismonda 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Libya E. cambonensis (42125) E. sp. (49943)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Qatar E. polymorpha (209101 209102 209104 209105 209106)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Georgia) E. bisexus (203603)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Alabama) E. meridionalis (84149)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) E. huxleyanus (88091) E. nacneili (3513) E. sp. (3507 3509) E. sp., E. macneili (3508)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) E. parvus (5386 5388 5389 41984) E. parvus, E. bisexus (5383) E. sp. (5366)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Fibularia vaughani (49882)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Marshall Islands E. petalus (45372 195884 195885 195886)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Fibularia vaughani (3535 61109)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) Fibularia vaughani (34992 61113 61114)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) E. vaughani (60825)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Marshall Islands E. parviporus (195895)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) E. ovatus (32013)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Malta E. stellatus (121540)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) E. wilsoni (71650)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) E. ovatus (32012)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Marshall Islands E. parviporus (195889 195890 195891)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03India E. bernaniensis (152419)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44Marshall Islands E. parviporus (195887 195888)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Italy (Sardinia) E. sp. (187424 187425 187426 187427 187428)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Northern Mariana Islands Sismondia polymorpha (43368 43370 43371)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Somalia E. sp. (79080)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Marshall Islands E. parviporus (195892)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Madagascar E. voeltzkowi (55830 55831 55832)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Florida) E. chipolanus (18503)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt E. stellatus (47993)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) E. sp. (35018)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Italy (Sardinia) E. sp. (187430 187431)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria E. sp. (55394)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland E. sp. (70539)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Somalia E. sp. (78939)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France E. pusillus (34609)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Madagascar E. voeltzkowi (51586)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal E. pusillus (152330)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Belgium E. pusillus (32146)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) E. pusillus (55829)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) E. pusillus (41300)