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Spatangidae
Taxonomy
Spatangidae was named by Gray (1825). It is extant.
It was assigned to Spatangoidea by Clark (1904); to Sternata by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Spatangoidea by Kew (1920); to Exocycloidea by Turner (1938); to Cassidulina by Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Spatangoida by Djabarov (1964); to Micrasterina by Fischer (1966); and to Spatangidea by Kroh and Smith (2010).
It was assigned to Spatangoidea by Clark (1904); to Sternata by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Spatangoidea by Kew (1920); to Exocycloidea by Turner (1938); to Cassidulina by Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Spatangoida by Djabarov (1964); to Micrasterina by Fischer (1966); and to Spatangidea by Kroh and Smith (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1825 | Spatangidae Gray p. 430 |
1904 | Spatangidae Clark p. 430 |
1915 | Spatangidae Clark and Twitchell p. 86 |
1920 | Spatangidae Kew p. 143 |
1938 | Spatangidae Grant and Hertlein p. 126 |
1938 | Spatangidae Turner p. 41 |
1964 | Spatangidae Djabarov p. 45 |
1966 | Spatangidae Fischer p. U605 |
2010 | Spatangidae Kroh and Smith p. 173 |
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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.
Fm. Spatangidae Gray 1825
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G. †Atelospatangus
G. †Epiaster
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†Epiaster brevipetalus Smith and Wright 2008
†Epiaster catumbellensis de Loriol 1888
†Epiaster depressus Kew 1920
†Epiaster distinctus Agassiz and Desor 1847
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Invalid names: Epiaster polygonus Orbigny 1991 [synonym]
†Epiaster michelini d'Orbigny 1847
†Epiaster whitei Clark 1891
G. †Isomicraster
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†Isomicraster danei Cooke 1953
†Isomicraster gibbus Lamarck 1816
†Isomicraster rossi Cooke 1953
G. †Laevipatagus
G. Maretia Gray 1855
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†Maretia carinata Bolau 1873
†Maretia carolinensis Kier 1997
†Maretia clarki Lambert 1924
†Maretia cordata Mortensen 1948
Maretia elevata Döderlein 1906
Maretia elliptica Bolau 1874
Maretia fasciata Lambert 1924
†Maretia hungarica Vadász 1915
Maretia mascareignarum Michelin 1863
Maretia parvituberculata Clark 1924
Maretia peloria Clark 1916
Maretia planulata Lamarck 1816
†Maretia planulata abbassi Ali 1985
†Maretia praelongus Herklots 1854
†Maretia saccoi Airaghi 1905
†Maretia savini Cotteau 1893
Maretia tuberculata Agassiz and Clark 1907
†Maretia twitchelli Lambert 1924
†Maretia variegatus Gray 1866
†Maretia zeisei Gagel 1905
†Spatangus (Maretia) perornatus Schaffer 1912
G. Paramaretia Mortensen 1951
G. †Semipetalion
G. Spatangus Gray 1825
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Subg. Spatangus (Granopatagus) Lambert 1915
Subg. †Spatangus (Phymapatagus) Lambert 1910
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†Phymapatagus heberti Cotteau 1885
†Spatangus (Phymapatagus) koeneni Ebert 1889
Subg. †Spatangus (Platyspatus) Pomel 1883
Subg. Spatangus (Spatangus) Fischer 1966
†Spatangus brissus Leske 1778
†Spatangus californicus Clark 1917
†Spatangus depressus Dubois 1843
†Spatangus fuchsi Oppenheim 1901
†Spatangus glenni Cooke 1959
†Spatangus integer Sorignet 1850
†Spatangus ovatus Leske 1778
†Spatangus pachecoensis Pack 1909
†Spatangus rarus Israelsky 1923
†Spatangus tapinus Schenck 1928
†Spatangus ventricosus Lamarck 1816
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 122.46000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma
Collections (95 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Aptian | Morocco (Western High Atlas) | Epiaster restrictus (2070) | |
Aptian | Switzerland | Epiaster polygonus (2174 2233 2234) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | Algeria | Epiaster restrictus (40787 40788) | |
Albian | Madagascar | Epiaster besairiei, Epiaster jeanneti (98245) | |
Albian | Madagascar (Mahajanga) | Epiaster jeanneti, Epiaster besairiei (86497) | |
Albian | Greenland | Spatangidae indet. (160914) | |
Early/Lower Albian | Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) | Epiaster sp. (88253) | |
Middle Albian | Madagascar (Mahajanga) | Epiaster besairiei (86503) | |
Late/Upper Albian | USA (Texas) | Epiaster whitei (58637) | |
Late/Upper Albian | Angola | Epiaster catumbellensis (210726 210730 210731 210777 210778 210779 210780 210781 210851) | |
Late/Upper Albian | Spain | Epiaster sp. (3823 3824 3829) | |
Late/Upper Albian | France | Epiaster distinctus (56552 58363) | |
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Portugal | Epiaster sp. (145896) | |
Cenomanian | United Arab Emirates | Epiaster dartoni, Epiaster blanckenhorni (3792) | |
Cenomanian | Angola | Epiaster catumbellensis (210860) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian | Spain | Epiaster sp. (3832) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | France | Micraster distinctus (59809) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Angola | Epiaster catumbellensis (210856) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | United Kingdom | Micraster distinctus (59708) | |
Turonian | France | Epiaster michelini (3778) | |
Turonian | USA (Texas) | Isomicraster rossi (78174) | |
Turonian | Gabon | Epiaster michelini (209609) | |
Early/Lower Turonian | Germany (Bayern) | Epiaster distinctus, Epiaster brevipetalus (114012) | |
Coniacian | Spain | Epiaster laxoporus (66965) | |
Coniacian - Santonian | France | Epiaster laxoporus (3736) | |
Early/Lower Coniacian | Spain | Epiaster laxoporus (66963) | |
Santonian | USA (Texas) | Isomicraster danei (78176) | |
Santonian | France | Epiaster laxoporus (3780) | |
Late/Upper Santonian | Austria | Spatangus sp. (74490) | |
Campanian | France | Epiaster laxoporus (3784) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | Turkmenistan | Isomicraster gibbus (196564 196565 196566) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Isomicraster stolleyi (31992) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Isomicraster stolleyi (31993) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Arkansas) | Isomicraster danei (78175) | |
Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Maretia grignonensis (42636) Spatangus grandituberculatus (8024) | |
Bartonian | USA (North Carolina) | Maretia subostrata (5383) Maretia subrostrata (5366 5367 5385 5386 5452 5457 5459 5460 60452) | |
Bartonian | USA (South Carolina) | Maretia subrostrata (5476) Sarsella gregoryi (5468) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Spatangus sp. (39695) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | USA (California) | Spatangus pachecoensis (203466) Spatangus tapinus (200715) | |
Oligocene | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Maretia hoffmanni (32013) | |
Chattian | USA (North Carolina) | Maretia carolinensis (86499) Maretia sp. (151325) | |
Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Italy (Sardinia) | Spatangus sp. (187424 187425 187426 187427 187428 187429) Spatangus thieryi (187423) | |
Burdigalian | Egypt | Spatangus sp. (47996) | |
Middle Miocene | Italy | Spatangus austriacus (96239) Spatangus lamberti (96243 96244) Spatangus sp. (96238) | |
Badenian | Belgium | Spatangus sp. (95167) | |
Tortonian | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Spatangus sp. (54126) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | Maretia pulchella, Maretia planulata (70099) | |
Kapitean | New Zealand | Maretia sp. (155844) | |
Zanclean | USA (South Carolina) | Spatangus glenni (60940) | |
Zanclean | Holy See (Vatican City State) | Spatangus sp. (209253) | |
Zanclean | USA (Virginia) | Spatangus glenni (155881 155884) | |
Pliocene | USA (California) | Spatangus rarus (120820) | |
Piacenzian - Zanclean | Belgium | Spatangus pupureus (32146) | |
Gelasian | Japan (Chiba) | Spatangus pallidus (204372) | |
Pleistocene | Japan (Chiba) | Spatangus pallidus (204466) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Eritrea | Maretia planulata (80718) |