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Eupatagidae
Description | Eupatagidae is a family of echinoderms belonging to the order Spatangoida. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eupatagidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Eupatagidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Eupatagidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eupatagidae |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Brissoides β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Eupatagus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 73 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Euspatangus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Herreraster β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Heterospatangus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Megapatagus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Zanolettiaster genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Eupatangidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Eupatangidae |
References
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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 |
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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