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Pygospatangus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4876282https://www.gbif.org/species/4876282
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)33475https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=33475
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Asterostomatidae : Pygospatangus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Asterostomatidae : Pygospatangus
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
suborderBrissidinaStockley et al. 2005
familyAsterostomatidaePictet 1857
genusPygospatangusCotteau 1888
Common Nameheart urchin
Scientific NamePygospatangus Cotteau, 1888
Name Published InC. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 107
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pygospatangusgenusbelongs to Asterostomatidaestated with evidenceFischer, 1966
Pygospatangusgenusbelongs to Spatangoidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
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)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Common Name(s) Heart Urchin

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Pygospatangus salvae
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1888Pygospatangus Cotteau p. 977
1966Pygospatangus Fischer p. U625
2002Pygospatangus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Fischer A. G. (1966) Spatangoids, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U. Echinodermata. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Boulder and Lawrence 3 2, U543-U628
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
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 107 - 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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