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Echinanthus

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida

Taxonomy
Echinanthus was named by Leske (1778) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 956].

It was assigned to Clypeasteridae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Cassiduloidea by Kier (1962); and to Cassiduloida by Kier (1966) and Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Echinanthus Leske p. 121
1915Echinanthus Clark and Twitchell p. 67
1962Echinanthus Kier p. 226
1966Echinanthus Kier p. U523
2002Echinanthus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
genusEchinanthus

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. †Echinanthus Leske 1778
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
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 17:48:53
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:57:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 56.00000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France E. subrotundus (59788)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Haiti E. minor (61190)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Turkey E. issyaviensis (40793)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Turkey E. issyaviensis (40794)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) E. depressus (10963)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia E. testudinarius (70099)