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Spatangidae

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Spatangidae Gray p. 430
1904Spatangidae Clark p. 430
1915Spatangidae Clark and Twitchell p. 86
1920Spatangidae Kew p. 143
1938Spatangidae Grant and Hertlein p. 126
1938Spatangidae Turner p. 41
1964Spatangidae Djabarov p. 45
1966Spatangidae Fischer p. U605
2010Spatangidae Kroh and Smith p. 173

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

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. †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. †Gonimaretia Clark 1917
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Gonimaretia laevis Clark 1917
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Isomicraster danei Cooke 1953
Isomicraster gibbus Lamarck 1816
Isomicraster rossi Cooke 1953
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 peloria Clark 1916
Maretia planulata Lamarck 1816
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
G. Paramaretia Mortensen 1951
G. †Sarsella Pomel
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Sarsella gregoryi Clark and Twitchell 1915
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
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 rarus Israelsky 1923
Spatangus tapinus Schenck 1928
Spatangus ventricosus Lamarck 1816
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

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

Collections (95 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Morocco (Western High Atlas) Epiaster restrictus (2070)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland Epiaster polygonus (2174 2233 2234)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Algeria Epiaster restrictus (40787 40788)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Epiaster besairiei, Epiaster jeanneti (98245)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Epiaster jeanneti, Epiaster besairiei (86497)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Greenland Spatangidae indet. (160914)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Epiaster sp. (88253)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Madagascar (Mahajanga) Epiaster besairiei (86503)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Epiaster whitei (58637)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola Epiaster catumbellensis (210726 210730 210731 210777 210778 210779 210780 210781 210851)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain Epiaster sp. (3823 3824 3829)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France Epiaster distinctus (56552 58363)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Portugal Epiaster sp. (145896)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Arab Emirates Epiaster dartoni, Epiaster blanckenhorni (3792)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Angola Epiaster catumbellensis (210860)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian99.6 - 99.6Spain Epiaster sp. (3832)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Micraster distinctus (59809)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Angola Epiaster catumbellensis (210856)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom Micraster distinctus (59708)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Epiaster michelini (3778)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) Isomicraster rossi (78174)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Gabon Epiaster michelini (209609)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Germany (Bayern) Epiaster distinctus, Epiaster brevipetalus (114012)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Spain Epiaster laxoporus (66965)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6France Epiaster laxoporus (3736)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Spain Epiaster laxoporus (66963)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Texas) Isomicraster danei (78176)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France Epiaster laxoporus (3780)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria Spatangus sp. (74490)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France Epiaster laxoporus (3784)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Turkmenistan Isomicraster gibbus (196564 196565 196566)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Isomicraster stolleyi (31992)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Isomicraster stolleyi (31993)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Arkansas) Isomicraster danei (78175)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Maretia grignonensis (42636) Spatangus grandituberculatus (8024)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Maretia subostrata (5383) Maretia subrostrata (5366 5367 5385 5386 5452 5457 5459 5460 60452)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Maretia subrostrata (5476) Sarsella gregoryi (5468)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Spatangus sp. (39695)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (California) Spatangus pachecoensis (203466) Spatangus tapinus (200715)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Maretia hoffmanni (32013)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Maretia carolinensis (86499) Maretia sp. (151325)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Italy (Sardinia) Spatangus sp. (187424 187425 187426 187427 187428 187429) Spatangus thieryi (187423)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt Spatangus sp. (47996)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Italy Spatangus austriacus (96239) Spatangus lamberti (96243 96244) Spatangus sp. (96238)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium Spatangus sp. (95167)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Bosnia and Herzegovina Spatangus sp. (54126)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Maretia pulchella, Maretia planulata (70099)
Kapitean6.5 - 5.333New Zealand Maretia sp. (155844)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Spatangus glenni (60940)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) Spatangus sp. (209253)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Virginia) Spatangus glenni (155881 155884)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Spatangus rarus (120820)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Belgium Spatangus pupureus (32146)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Japan (Chiba) Spatangus pallidus (204372)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan (Chiba) Spatangus pallidus (204466)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Maretia planulata (80718)