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Scutellidae

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Scutellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Scutellidae Gray p. 527
1904Scutellidae Clark p. 432
1920Scutellidae Kew p. 62
1923Scutellidae Clark and Arnold p. 174
1938Scutellidae Turner p. 41
1955Scutellidae Durham p. 150
1966Scutellidae Durham p. U477
2010Scutellidae Kroh and Smith p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyScutellidae
familyScutellidae

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. Scutellidae Gray 1825
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G. †Parascutella Durham 1953
G. †Parmulechinus Lambert 1910
G. †Scutella Lamarck 1816
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Scutella floridana Cooke 1942
Scutella merriami Anderson 1905
Scutella nipponica Nagao 1928
Scutella tuomeyi Clark and Twitchell 1915
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 83.50000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Scutella sp. (193033)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (South Carolina) Scutella tuomeyi (203439)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (North Carolina) Scutella sp. (149848)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (California) Scutella sp. (52626)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Libya Scutella chiesai (42142)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Iran Parascutella sp. (111414)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Libya Scutella chiesai (77253)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Malta (Qammieh) Scutella subrotunda (121526)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Malta Scutella subrotunda (121529 121535 121537 121540)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Argentina Scutella innominata (45887)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Libya Parascutella circularis, Scutella subrotunda (42143)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan Scutella nipponica (203235)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Egypt Scutella sp. (42059)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Astrodapsis merriami (167645) Scutella fairbanski (71217 71223 71226 71227 71228 71229)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Mexico (Baja California Sur) Scutella sp. (43809)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Florida) Scutella floridana (204630)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt Parascutella deflersi (47992) Scutellidae indet. (48003)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Corsica) Scutella montanarii (148704)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Scutella sp. (66288)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria Parascutella gibbercula (146510 146514 146515)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Egypt Scutella sp. (42060)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Scutella merriami (159672)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Bosnia and Herzegovina Scutella sp. (54126)