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Encope

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Encope Agassiz pp. 6, 17
1915Encope Clark and Twitchell p. 206
1920Encope Kew p. 136
1938Encope Grant and Hertlein p. 95
1942Encope Cooke p. 19
1955Encope Durham p. 174 figs. Figs. 4, 6; 9, h; 12, /; 16, a; 17, c and d
1966Encope Durham p. U485
2002Encope 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()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyMellitidae
genusEncope

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. Encope Agassiz 1840
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†Encope aberrans Marten 1867
†Encope annectans Jackson 1917
†Encope californica Verrill 1870
†Encope chilensis Philippi 1887
†Encope ciae Cortázar 1880
†Encope emarginata Leske 1779
†Encope grandis Agassize 1841
†Encope macrophora Ravenel 1842
†Encope megatrema Jackson 1917
Encope michelini Agassiz 1841
†Encope micropora Agassiz 1841
†Encope occidentalis Verrill 1867
†Encope perspectiva Agassiz 1841
†Encope peruviana Brighton 1926
†Encope platytata Jackson 1917
†Encope tatetlaensis Bose 1906
†Encope tenuis Kew 1914
†Encope wiedenmayeri Jeannet 1928
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Peru (Tumbes) E. peruviana (203573)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) E. sp. (156514 156515)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Michoacan) E. sp. (66166 66167)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic E. aberrans (90618)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) E. annectans (145332) E. megatrema (145567) E. platytata (145196)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Chile (Atacama) E. chilensis (80365)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles E. michelini (209187)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Aruba E. michelini (209166 209169)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6USA (California) E. tenuis (96541)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) E. tenuis (96544 155849)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) E. arcensis (43846 44040) E. chaneyi, E. loretoensis (44032) E. loretoensis (43841) E. scrippsae (44027) E. sverdrupe (44029) E. sverdrupi (43844)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) E. macrophora (41496) E. tamiamiensis, E. michelini (35026)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) E. macrophora (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) E. macrophora (60940)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California Sur) E. tenuis (43683)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador E. micropora (96595 96596)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) E. emarginata (204631 204632) E. michelini (150652)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) E. michelini, E. emarginata (203663)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) E. michelini (204634) E. sp. (75019 75021) E. tamiamiensis (204633)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) E. micropora (203572)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California) E. tenuis (96587 96588)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) E. aberrans (35027)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) E. sp. (35028)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) E. macrophora (60938)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Colombia (La Guajira) E. sp. (157271)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Mexico (Veracruz) E. tatetlaensis (59292)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) E. aberrans (35025) E. macrophora (41202 41205 41206)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) E. macrophora (92410 92411)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) E. californica, E. grandis, E. micropora (203571) E. grandis (130900) E. grandis, E. micropora (203411)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) E. michelini (35031)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) E. emarginata (60927 60929)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) E. michelini (35030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) E. sp. (34923 34933 34934 34939 44963 96556 96557)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico E. granids, E. californica (147802 147803)