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Acrosaleniidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4875082	https://www.gbif.org/species/4875082
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	106817	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=106817

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Salenioida : Acrosaleniidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Salenioida : Acrosaleniidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata	Klein 1754
subphylum	Echinozoa	von Zittel 1895
class	Echinoidea
subclass	Euechinoidea	Bronn 1860
superorder	Acroechinoidea
-	Carinacea	Kroh and Smith 2010
-	Calycina
order	Salenioida
family	Acrosaleniidae	Gregory 1900

Scientific Name

Acrosaleniidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Acrosaleniidae	family	belongs to Salenioida	stated without evidence	Fell and Pawson, 1966
Acrosaleniidae	family	belongs to Calycina	stated without evidence	Donovan, 1993
Acrosaleniidae	family	belongs to Acrosalenioida	stated without evidence	Vadet et al., 2002
Acrosaleniidae	family	belongs to Salenioida	stated with evidence	Kroh and Smith, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

183 - 174 Ma
Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

marine (based on Echinodermata)

Motility

slow-moving (based on Salenioida)

Vision

limited (based on Echinoidea)

Diet

omnivore (based on Salenioida)

Reproduction

dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)

Ontogeny

accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite (based on Salenioida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. W. Gregory. 1900. The Echinoidea. In E. R. Lankester (ed.), A Treatise on Zoology. Part III. The Echinodermata, A. & C. Black, London

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Holosaleniini ✝ tribe	listed (PBDB)
Acrosalenia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		78	183 Ma Early Jurassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heterosalenia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Metacrosalenia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Milnia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	161 Ma Jurassic	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Monodiadema ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Perisalenia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polysalenia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudomilnia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudosalenia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Recrosalenia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1900	Acrosaleniidae Gregory
1966	Acrosaleniidae Fell and Pawson p. U375
1993	Acrosaleniidae Donovan p. 97
2002	Acrosaleniidae Vadet et al.
2010	Acrosaleniidae Kroh and Smith p. 170

References

Fell H. B., Pawson D. L. (1966) Echinacea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology,Part U Echinodermata 3. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press 2, U367-U440

Donovan S. K. (1993) Jamaican Cretaceous Echinoidea, Geological Society of America Memoir 182, 93-103

Vadet A., Pannier P., et al (2002) Les echinides fossiles de l'Oxfordien de Foug, Societe d'Historie Naturelle du Boulonnais 22 2, 1-44

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

Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212. - via World Register of Marine Species

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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