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Echinopsis ✝
| Description | Echinopsis is a large genus of cacti native to South America, sometimes known as hedgehog cactus, sea-urchin cactus or Easter lily cactus. One small species, E. chamaecereus, is known as the peanut cactus. The 128 species range from large and treelike types to small globose cacti. The name derives from echinos hedgehog or sea urchin, and opsis appearance, a reference to these plants' dense coverings of spines. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinopsis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta : Glyphocyphidae : Echinopsis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Orthopsidae : Echinopsis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Echinopsis L.Agassiz, 1840 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Mon. Ech., 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 5.3 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinopsis |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cidaris diatretum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Echinopsis biarritzensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Echinopsis diatreta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | |
| Echinopsis edwardsi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Echinopsis elegans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Echinopsis friryi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Echinopsis gacheti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Echinopsis jacqueti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Echinopsis latipora species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Echinopsis thieryi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1840 | Echinopsis Agassiz p. 18 |
| 1959 | Echinopsis Cooke p. 14 |
| 1966 | Echinopsis Fell and Pawson p. U416 |
| 2002 | Echinopsis Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2009 | Echinopsis Smith |
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!
