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Echinozoa
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| Rank | subphylum (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinozoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2,688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 450 (17%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 470 - 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | K. A. von Zittel. 1895. Grundzuge der Palaeontologie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Echinoideaclass | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Sea Urchin | 10,379 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1895 | Echinozoa von Zittel |
| 1984 | Echinozoa Squires p. 55 |
| 1987 | Echinozoa Squires p. 72 |
| 2001 | Echinozoa Boczarowski p. 73 |
| 2009 | Echinozoa Webster et al. p. 248 |
References
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!
