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Eupatagus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Eupatagus Agassiz
1882Spatangomorpha Boehm p. 237
1905Spatangus (Eupatagus) Gagel
1915Eupatagus Clark and Twitchell p. 153
1937Eupatagus Jackson p. 234
1938Eupatagus Grant and Hertlein p. 134
1942Eupatagus Cooke p. 54
1953Eupatagus (Spatangomorpha) Sanchez-Roig p. 157
1954Eupatagus Ansigard p. 830
1959Eupatagus Cooke p. 88
1966Eupatagus Fischer p. U586
1966Spatangomorpha Fischer p. U605
1975Eupatagus Henderson p. 43
1980Eupatagus Kier p. 50
1984Eupatagus Kier p. 93
1992Eupatagus Squires and Demetrion p. 46
2000Eupatagus Donovan and Rowe p. 659
2002Eupatagus Sepkoski
2002Spatangomorpha Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusEupatagusAgassiz 1847

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. Eupatagus Agassiz 1847
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Subg. †Eupatagus (Gymnopatagus) Doderlein 1900
Eupatagus alatus Clark 1927
Eupatagus anomala Duncan 1877
Eupatagus antillarum Cotteau 1875
Eupatagus attenuatus Clark 1927
Eupatagus batequensis Squires and Demetrion 1992
Eupatagus brodermanni Sanchez-Roig 1953
Eupatagus calistoides Sanchez-Roig 1953
Eupatagus carolinensis Clark and Twitchell 1915
Eupatagus casanovai Sanchez-Roig 1953
Eupatagus estenozi Sanchez Roig 1921
Eupatagus floridanus Clark and Twitchell 1915
Eupatagus formosus Zittel 1867
Eupatagus lawsonae Kier 1980
Eupatagus martini Gerth 1922
Eupatagus mexicanus Jackson 1937
Eupatagus mojsvari Böhm 1882
Eupatagus mooreanus Pilsbry 1914
Eupatagus nicklesi Cotteau 1890
Eupatagus ocalanus Cooke 1942
Eupatagus pendulus Agassiz 1847
Eupatagus pulchellus Herklots 1854
Eupatagus rostratus d'Archiac 1850
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Invalid names: Maretia affinis Herklots 1854 [synonym]
Eupatagus rostratus zitteli Henderson 1975
Eupatagus roundus Duncan and Sladen 1884
Eupatagus sanchezi Lambert 1949
Eupatagus santanae Sanchez Roig 1951
Eupatagus siboneyensis Weisbordf 1934
Eupatagus stevensi Grant and Hertlein 1938
Eupatagus tuberosus Fraas 1867
Eupatagus turibacoensis Sanchez-Roig 1953
Eupatagus wilsoni Kier 1980
Invalid names: Spatangomorpha Boehm 1882 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Iran E. ghiavanensis (226731)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Baja California) E. batequensis (5506)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Haiti E. mortoni (60573)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) E. stevensi (8012 51931)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain E. sp. (165187)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Libya E. lefeburei (49943)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) E. sp. (5342 5463)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Washington) E. carolinensis (43347)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Cuba E. attenuatus, E. pinarensis, E. casanovai, E. brodermanni (155852)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Jamaica E. antillarum (204590)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) E. excentricus, E. hastingiae (8024)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) E. antillarum (3507 3508 3509 3510)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) E. antillarum (49882)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) E. carolinensis (5387 5453 5457) E. carolinensis, E. wilsoni (5436) E. carolinensis, E. wilsoni, E. lawsonae (5386)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) E. antillarum (3535 3536) E. mooreanus (41475) E. ocalanus (204714) E. sp., E. mooreanus (61109)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Cuba E. calistoides (155856) E. ocalanus (155858) E. turibacoensis (155865)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) E. floridanus (203472) E. sp. (34992)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (North Carolina) E. carolinensis (142965)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) E. sp., E. ocalanus (57927)
Whaingaroan34.6 - 27.3New Zealand E. rostratus (155805 155806 155807 155811 155812)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jordan (Al Azraq) E. meslei (121549)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Somalia E. rostratus (78952)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica E. hildae (7216)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) E. ocalanus (155970)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Mexico (Veracruz) E. mexicanus (204614)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Malta E. dekonincki (121529 121535 121537)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03New Zealand (North Island) E. rostratus (205950)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03India E. singhi (152420) E. sp. (111232 152419 152422)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand E. rostratus (155823 155847)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand E. rostratus (155820)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Micronesia, Federated States of (Mariana Islands) E. marianensis (204375)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand (Dannevirke) Hemipatagus formosus (35651)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Cuba Maretia estenozi (91139)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Wakayama) E. nipponicus (204441)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Aomori) E. nipponicus (204440)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (South Australia) E. rotundus, E. sp. (88322)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) E. laubei (72232)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) E. martini (41609)