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Euechinoidea
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| Rank | subclass (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Euechinoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2,252 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 381 (17%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Echinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Echinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer, deposit feeder (based on Echinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | H. Hagdorn. 1995. Die Seeigel des Germanischen Oberen Muschelkalks. Geologische und Paläontologische Mitteilungen, Innsbruck 20:245-281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Acroechinoidea superorder | listed (PBDB) | 6,919 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Echinothurioida order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Serpianotiaroida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Triadotiaroida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Triadocidaridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 51 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Galeroclypeus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Loriolella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Diadematacea unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Echinacea unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 560 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1860 | Euechinoidea Bronn p. 249 |
| 1984 | Euechinoidea Squires p. 55 |
| 1987 | Euechinoidea Squires p. 72 |
| 1991 | Euechinoidea Smith p. 18 |
| 1995 | Euechinoidea Hagdorn p. 249 |
| 1995 | Euechinoidea Smith p. 123 |
| 2010 | Euechinoidea Kroh and Smith p. 170 |
| 2015 | Euechinoidea Smith p. 36 |
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!
