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Lovenia
Taxonomy
Lovenia was named by Desor (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1242]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Spatangidae by Jackson (1937) and Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Echinocardiidae by Cooke (1942); to Loveniidae by Fischer (1966) and Henderson (1975); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Spatangidae by Jackson (1937) and Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Echinocardiidae by Cooke (1942); to Loveniidae by Fischer (1966) and Henderson (1975); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1847 | Lovenia Desor |
| 1862 | Spatangus forbesii Woods |
| 1915 | Vasconaster Lambert p. 191 |
| 1937 | Lovenia Jackson p. 236 |
| 1938 | Lovenia Grant and Hertlein p. 135 |
| 1942 | Lovenia Cooke p. 60 |
| 1942 | Vasconaster Cooke p. 61 |
| 1966 | Lovenia Fischer p. U613 |
| 1966 | Lovenia (Vasconaster) Fischer p. U613 |
| 1975 | Lovenia Henderson p. 30 |
| 2002 | Lovenia Sepkoski |
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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. Lovenia Desor 1847
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Subg. Lovenia (Lovenia) Fischer 1966
†Lovenia alabamensis Cooke 1959
†Lovenia cordiformis Agassiz 1872
†Lovenia dumblei Kew 1917
†Lovenia lorioli Cotteau 1878
†Lovenia madurae Böhm 1882
†Lovenia mauritanica Pomel 1885
†Lovenia mexicana Jackson 1937
†Lovenia vicentina Dames 1878
†Lovenia woodsii Etheridge 1875
Invalid names: Lovenia forbesii Woods 1862 [nomen dubium], Vasconaster Lambert 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (25 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eocene | Mexico (Veracruz) | L. dumblei (204617) | |
| Oligocene | Mexico (Veracruz) | L. dumblei (204616) L. mexicana (204618) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Malta | L. sp. (121529 121535 121540) | |
| Chattian | USA (Texas) | L. alabamensis (69932) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Italy (Sardinia) | L. anteroalta (187427) L. sp. (187423 187424 187429) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Italy (Sardinia) | L. sp. (187431) | |
| Langhian | Australia (South Australia) | L. forbesi (88322) | |
| Middle Miocene | Fiji | L. gigantea (68187 68300 68301 68314 68315) L. gigantea, L. similis (68313) L. similis (68326) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | L. woodsi (154112) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | Australia (South Australia) | L. woodsi (50343) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | L. sp. (212751) | |
| Pliocene | USA (California) | L. hemphilli (120820) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | L. cardiformis (59063) |