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Atelostomata
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| Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Atelostomata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 866 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 128 (15%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 172 - 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) | K. A. von Zittel. 1879. Handbuch der Palaeontologie 1(1):1-765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Holasteroida order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 646 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
 Spatangoidaorder | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Heart Urchin | 2,093 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant |
| Asternata ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Sternata suborder | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Acrolusiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Collyritidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Disasteridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 71 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Pycnasterides family | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Tithoniidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Aulacopygus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Orbigniana ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1879 | Atelostomata von Zittel |
| 1915 | Atelostomata Clark and Twitchell p. 34 |
| 1984 | Atelostomata Squires p. 56 |
| 1985 | Atelostomata Larrain and Biró-Bagóczky p. 1410 |
| 1987 | Atelostomata Squires p. 72 |
| 2003 | Atelostomata Berndt p. 87 |
| 2010 | Atelostomata Kroh and Smith p. 172 |
References
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!
