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Holectypus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4876866	https://www.gbif.org/species/4876866
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	33095	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=33095

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Holectypoida : Holectypidae : Holectypus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Holectypoida : Holectypidae : Holectypus

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
-	Irregularia
order	Holectypoida	Duncan 1889
family	Holectypidae	Lambert 1900
genus	Holectypus	Desor 1842

Scientific Name

Holectypus Desor, 1842

Name Published In

Mon. Echin., 4

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Holectypus	genus	belongs to Pygasteridae	stated without evidence	Clark and Twitchell, 1915
Holectypus	genus	belongs to Holectypidae	stated without evidence	Wagner and Durham, 1966
Holectypus	genus	belongs to Holectypidae	stated with evidence	Poretskaya, 1971
Holectypus	genus	belongs to Holectypoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

170 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Echinodermata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Holectypoida)

Vision

limited (based on Echinoidea)

Diet

detritivore (based on Holectypoida)

Reproduction

dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)

Ontogeny

accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite (based on Echinoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Holectypus adkinsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus afer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus almeidae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus boschmai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus bullardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus charltoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus chauveneti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus concavus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus corallinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus corona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus cragini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Holectypus decoratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus depressoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus engerrandi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus hians species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus hondoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus jullieni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus khamirensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus khelilense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus leuthardti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus macrostomus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus meslei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus minutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus montalvensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Holectypus nanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus neocomiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus ovatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus parvus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus pealei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Holectypus pennanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus peridoneus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus phelani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus pictaviense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus planus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus proximus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus sarthacensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Holectypus sarthasensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus striatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus subcrassus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus subdepressus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus subpentagonalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holectypus transpecosensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1915	Holectypus Clark and Twitchell p. 33
1966	Holectypus Wagner and Durham p. U444
1971	Holectypus Poretskaya p. 4
2002	Holectypus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Clark W. B., Twitchell M. W. (1915) The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54, 1-341

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

Poretskaya E. S. (1971) O yurskikh morskikh ezhakh Armyanskoy SSR, Izvestiya AN Armyanskoy SSR, Nauki o Zemle 6, 3-8

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

SN2000/Storer et al., 1979 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mon. Echin., 4 - 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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