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Scutellidae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)98618https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=98618
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Scutellidae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermataKlein 1754
subphylumEchinozoavon Zittel 1895
classEchinoidea
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea
-CarinaceaKroh and Smith 2010
-Irregularia
-MicrostomataSmith 1984
-NeognathostomataSmith 1981
orderClypeasteroidaAgassiz 1836
suborderScutellina
infraorderScutelliformesHaeckel 1896
familyScutellidaeGray 1825
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Scutellidaefamilybelongs to Clypeasteroidastated with evidenceClark, 1904
Scutellidaefamilybelongs to Echinoideastated without evidenceClark and Arnold, 1923
Scutellidaefamilybelongs to Exocycloideastated without evidenceTurner, 1938
Scutellidaefamilybelongs to Scutellinastated without evidenceDurham, 1966
Scutellidaefamilybelongs to Scutelliformesstated with evidenceKroh and Smith, 2010
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)16
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (6.3%)
First Recorded Appearance101 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Echinodermata)
Motilityslow-moving (based on Clypeasteroida)
Visionlimited (based on Echinoidea)
Dietdetritivore (based on Clypeasteroida)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Echinoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. E. Gray. 1825. An attempt to divide the Echinida, or Sea Eggs, into natural families. Annals of Philosophy, new series 10:423-431

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Parascutella
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
633.9 Ma
Oligocene
16.0 Ma
Miocene
Scutulum
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Scutella
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
49101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
5.33 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1825Scutellidae Gray p. 527
1904Scutellidae Clark p. 432
1923Scutellidae Clark and Arnold p. 174
1938Scutellidae Turner p. 41
1966Scutellidae Durham p. U477
2010Scutellidae Kroh and Smith p. 172

References

Gray J. E. An attempt to divide the Echinida, or Sea Eggs, into natural families, Annals of Philosophy, new series 10, 423-431
Clark B. L., Arnold R. (1923) Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14 5, 123-234
Turner F. E. (1938) Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon, Geological Society of America Special Paper 10, 1-130
Durham J. W. (1966) Clypeasteroids, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology,Part U Echinodermata 3. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press 2, U450-U491
Kroh A., Smith A. B. (2010) The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 2, 147-212 doi:10.1080/14772011003603556
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!
 
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