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Oligopygidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4875374https://www.gbif.org/species/4875374
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)168416https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=168416
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Oligopygidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Oligopygidae
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
-MicrostomataSmith 1984
-NeognathostomataSmith 1981
orderClypeasteroidaAgassiz 1836
familyOligopygidaeDuncan 1889
Scientific NameOligopygidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Oligopygidaefamilybelongs to Conoclypinastated without evidenceWagner and Durham, 1966
Oligopygidaefamilybelongs to Oligopygoidastated without evidenceSquires and Demetrion, 1994
Oligopygidaefamilybelongs to Clypeasteroidastated with evidenceKroh and Smith, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)22
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance23.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
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)P. M. Duncan. 1889. A revision of the genera and great groups of the Echinoidea. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 23:1-311

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Bonaireaster
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Haimea
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
956.0 Ma
Paleocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene
Microlampas
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Oligopygus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3556.0 Ma
Paleocene
23.0 Ma
Miocene
Pauropygus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Protolampas
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Ovulechinus pilula
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1966Oligopygidae Wagner and Durham p. U448
1994Oligopygidae Squires and Demetrion p. 847
2010Oligopygidae Kroh and Smith p. 172

References

Duncan P. M. A revision of the genera and great groups of the Echinoidea, Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 23, 1-311
Wagner C. D., Durham J. W. (1966) Holectypoids, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology,Part U Echinodermata 3. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press 2, U440-U450
Squires R. L., Demetrion R. A. (1994) A New Species of the Oligopygoid Echinoid Haimea from the Lower Eocene of Baja California Sur, Mexico, Journal of Paleontology 68 4, 846-851
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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