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Enallaster

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4573480https://www.gbif.org/species/4573480
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)144560https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=144560
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Toxasteridae : Enallaster
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Toxasteridae : Enallaster
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
-Atelostomatavon Zittel 1879
orderSpatangoidaAgassiz 1840
familyToxasteridaeLambert 1920
genusEnallasterd'Orbigny 1853
Scientific NameEnallaster d'Orbigny, 1853
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Enallastergenusbelongs to Spatangidaestated without evidenceClark and Twitchell, 1915
Enallastergenusbelongs to Spatangoideastated without evidenceBenavides-Caceres, 1956
Enallastergenusbelongs to Toxasteridaestated without evidenceMorishita, 1964
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (75%)
First Recorded Appearance125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Spatangoida)
Motilityslow-moving (based on Spatangoida)
Visionlimited (based on Echinoidea)
Dietdeposit feeder, detritivore (based on Spatangoida)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Spatangoida)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Spatangoida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)V.E. Benavides-Caceres. 1956. Cretaceous system in northern Peru. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 108(4):1-493

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Enallaster bravoensis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Enallaster cuevasensis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Enallaster inflatus
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Enallaster longisulcus
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Enallaster obliquatus
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		0 Ma
Extant
Enallaster roscheni
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Enallaster texanus
species		listed (PBDB)4122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		0 Ma
Extant
Enallaster transiens
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Enallaster traski
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Enallaster wenoensis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Enallaster yuasensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1145 Ma
Late Jurassic		145 Ma
Late Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1853Enallaster d'Orbigny p. 181
1915Enallaster Clark and Twitchell p. 86
1956Enallaster Benavides-Caceres
1964Enallaster Morishita p. 276

References

Benavides-Caceres V.E. (1956) Cretaceous system in northern Peru, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 108 4, 1-493
Clark W. B., Twitchell M. W. (1915) The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54, 1-341
Morishita A. (1964) Fossil echinoies deposited in the museum of Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Sirahama, Wakayama Prefectures (on some fossil echinoids of Japan, III), Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 12 4, 273-280
GBIF/Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Invertebrate Paleontology DiGIR Service - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Pal. Franç., (1) Terr. crét., 6, 149 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Smith, A. B. & Kroh, A. (eds.). (2011). The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication. - via World Register of Marine Species
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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