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Echinocorys

Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae

Taxonomy

Echinocorys was named by Leske (1778) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo-u T Eo-l]. It is the type genus of Echinocoridae, Echinocorinae.

It was assigned to Echinocorythidae by Cooke (1942); to Echinocorinae by Djabarov (1964); to Holasteridae by Wagner and Durham (1966), Foster and Philip (1978) and Kier (1984); and to Holasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

E. conica, E. conoidea, E. fonticola, E. humilis, E. limburgica, E. marginata, E. orbis, E. ovata, E. pyramidata, E. subglobosa

Synonyms

Galeola is a genus. It is not extant.

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

It was assigned to Holasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).
Spatagoides is a genus. It is not extant.

It was synonymized objectively with Echinocorys by Wagner and Durham (1966).

It was assigned to Holasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).
Ananchytes was named by Lamarck (1816).

It was synonymized subjectively with Echinocorys by Smith (2009).

It was assigned to Echinocorythidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1778	Echinocorys Leske p. 175
1816	Ananchytes Lamarck p. 23
1915	Ananchytes Clark and Twitchell p. 81
1942	Echinocorys Cooke p. 38
1964	Echinocorys Djabarov p. 23
1966	Echinocorys Wagner and Durham p. U528
1978	Echinocorys Foster and Philip p. 814
1984	Echinocorys Kier p. 12
2002	Echinocorys Sepkoski
2002	Galeola Sepkoski
2002	Spatagoides Sepkoski

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

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Euechinoidea	Bronn 1860
superorder	Acroechinoidea	()
—	Carinacea
—	Irregularia	()
—	Atelostomata
order	Holasteroida
suborder	Meridosternata
family	Holasteridae
genus	Echinocorys

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. †Echinocorys Leske 1778

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†Echinocorys arnaudi Seunes 1888

†Echinocorys australis Foster and Philip 1978

†Echinocorys ciplyensis Lambert 1903

†Echinocorys elatodepressus Grateloup 1836

†Echinocorys elatus Arnaud 1903

†Echinocorys gibbus Lamarck 1816

†Echinocorys gravesi Desor 1847

†Echinocorys gravesi moskvini Djabarov 1964

†Echinocorys obliquus Ravn 1927

†Echinocorys ovalis Clark 1893

†Echinocorys ovatus Leske 1778

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†Echinocorys ovatus cubensis Sanchez Roig 1949

†Echinocorys ovatus villarensis Sanchez Roig 1949

†Echinocorys perconicus Hagenow 1840

†Echinocorys pyramidatus Portlock 1843

†Echinocorys scutata Leske 1778

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†Echinocorys scutata ovata Leske 1778

Invalid names: Echinocorys schafferi Kuehn 1930 [synonym], Echinocorys sulcatus Stuermer 1991 [synonym]

†Echinocorys scutata pyrenaica Seunes 1888

Invalid names: Garumnaster lamberti Kuehn 1930 [synonym]

†Echinocorys scutatus Brydone 1912

†Echinocorys sphaericus Schluter 1869

†Echinocorys sulcatus Goldfuss 1826

†Echinocorys sumbaricus Djabarov 1964

†Echinocorys texanus Cragin 1893

†Echinocorys turritus Lambert 1903

†Echinocorys vulgaris Leske 1778

†Echinocorys yoloensis Anderson 1958

Invalid names: Ananchytes Lamarck 1816 [synonym], Galeola [synonym], Spatagoides [objective synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

high Mg calciteo

Ontogeny:

accretion, addition of partsp

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

semi-infaunalo

Diet:

detritivoreo

Vision:

limitedc

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2004-02-29 10:02:19

Modified:

2009-12-13 03:44:56

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

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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Thanetian or 93.50000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (126 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous	145.0 - 66.0	Cuba	E. ovatus (91138)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Denmark	E. sp. (160518)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	United Kingdom (England)	E. gravesi (38601)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommem)	E. gravesi (93289)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Turkmenistan	E. sphaericus (196560 196655)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Germany	E. gravesi (12686 12688)
Middle Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Poland	E. franciscae, E. scutata (97983)
Coniacian	89.8 - 86.3	USA (California)	E. yoloensis (44239)
Coniacian	89.8 - 86.3	United Kingdom (England)	E. gravesi (38597)
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Spain	E. vulgaris (66967)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.3 - 85.8	Turkmenistan	E. gravesi (196557 196558 196559)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian	89.3 - 83.6	Spain	E. sp., E. vulgaris (66969) E. vulgaris (66968)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	Spain	E. scutata (74420 74431 74437 74468)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	Austria	E. sp. (173328)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	Turkmenistan	E. vulgaris (196561 196562 196563)
Late/Upper Santonian - Campanian	85.8 - 72.1	Spain	E. vulgaris (66989)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Spain	E. conoidea, E. heberti (66996)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	France	E. orbis (3784) Galeola papillosa (58923)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Turkmenistan	E. turritus (196564 196565 196566)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany	E. ovatus (64141)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	France	E. sp. (59584)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Belgium	E. humilis (32171)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany (Niedersachsen)	E. conica, E. gibba, E. subglobosa, Galeola senonensis, Galeola papillosa (31992)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany	E. subglobosa, E. conica, Galeola papillosa (64187)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Texas)	Ananchytes texana (190358) E. texanus (190357 197432 197433)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany	E. ovatus (63985 63995 64002 64128 64130 64131 64132 64134 64135 64142 64143 64153 64155 64180) E. ovatus, E. perconicus (64127 64136) E. pyramidalis (64215) E. vulgaris (221859)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Spain	E. conoidea (66997 67002)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Texas)	E. texanus (78141 78142 114618 197435 197436 197437 197438 197439 197440 197441 197442)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Belgium (Liege)	E. conica, E. limburgica, E. orbis, E. ovata, E. pyramidata, E. subglobosa, Galeola papillosa (32147) E. marginata (32150)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany (Niedersachsen)	E. subglobosa, E. pyramidata (31993)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Turkmenistan	E. ovatus (196567 196568)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Arkansas)	E. texanus (78145 78175 197443 197444)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Oman	E. obliquus (161069)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Russian Federation (Saratov)	E. sp. (92359)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	France	E. sp. (59676) Galeola papillosa (58922)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (California)	E. sp. (86819)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Austria	E. anceliformis, E. fonticola, E. conica, E. subglobosa, E. sp. (48008)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	France (Landes)	E. conica (213853) E. conoidea (213856) E. fonticola (213787) E. perconica (213803)
Middle Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Texas)	E. texanus (3632 78143 78144 197434)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Spain (Santander)	E. scutata (157005 157007 157043)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Kazakhstan	E. obliqua, E. scutata (48024)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Spain (Cataluña)	E. sp. (67004)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Belgium (Liege)	E. conoidea, E. limburgica (32148) E. limburgica (32151)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	France (Landes)	E. arnaudi (213923) E. perconica (214166)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)	E. jaeckeli, E. scutatus, E. ovatus, E. perconicus (32022)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Turkmenistan	E. pyramidatus, E. elatus, E. arnaudi, E. ciplyensis, E. perconicus (196569)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Spain (Murcia)	E. sp. (152895)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Belgium (Liege)	E. conoidea (32172 32173)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Netherlands	E. conoidea (32176)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Spain (Santander)	E. scuata (157045) E. scuraca (157046)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Austria	E. scutata (47930)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Kazakhstan	E. obliqua (48023)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Austria (Niederösterreich)	E. sp., E. schafferi, E. sulcatus, Garumnaster lamberti, E. obliquus (87001)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Denmark	E. sulcatus (89866)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	France	E. sp. (22970)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	Turkmenistan	E. obliquus, E. sulcatus (196570) E. pyrenaicus, E. sulcatus (196571) E. sumbaricus (196572)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	Austria (Salzburg)	Ananchytes sp., Ananchytes austriaca (84335)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene	61.7 - 55.8	Australia (Western Australia)	E. australis (204589)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	Spain (Santander)	E. scutata (157015) E. sp. (157024)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (New Jersey)	Ananchytes ovalis, E. ovalis (3113) E. ovalis (81775)