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Neognathostomata
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| Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Neognathostomata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 641 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 97 (15%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 174 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Echinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Echinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer, deposit feeder (based on Echinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. B. Smith. 1981. Implications of lantern morphology for the phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Palaeontology 24:779-801 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cassiduloida order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 370 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
 Clypeasteroidaorder | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Sand Dollar | 1,068 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
| Echinolampadoida order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 197 | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Apatopygidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Archiaciidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 33 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Clypeidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 114 | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Clypeolampadidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Nucleolitidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 362 | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Pygaulidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Bothryopneustes β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 52 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1981 | Neognathostomata Smith |
| 1984 | Neognathostomata Smith |
| 2010 | Neognathostomata Kroh and Smith p. 171 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
