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Discoididae âśť

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3249519https://www.gbif.org/species/3249519
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)168452https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=168452
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Holectypoida : Discoididae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Holectypoida : Discoididae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermataKlein 1754
subphylumEchinozoavon Zittel 1895
classEchinoidea
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea
-CarinaceaKroh and Smith 2010
-Irregularia
orderHolectypoidaDuncan 1889
familyDiscoididaeLambert 1900
Scientific NameDiscoididae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Discoididaefamilybelongs to Holectypoidastated without evidenceSmiser, 1935
Discoididaefamilybelongs to Holectypinastated without evidenceWagner and Durham, 1966
Discoididaefamilybelongs to Holectypoidastated with evidenceKroh and Smith, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)11
First Recorded Appearance133 - 129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Echinodermata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Holectypoida)
Visionlimited (based on Echinoidea)
Dietdetritivore (based on Holectypoida)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Echinoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Lambert. 1900. Étude sur quelques échinides de l’infra-Lias et du Lias. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Historiques et Naturelles de l’Yonne 53(2):3-57

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Camerogalerus âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
9112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Discholectypus âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Discoidea
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Discoides âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
69133 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dixonia âśť
genus
listed (PBDB)
Lanieria âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1935Discoidesidae Smiser p. 35
1966Discoididae Wagner and Durham p. U444
2010Discoididae Kroh and Smith p. 171

References

Lambert J. Étude sur quelques échinides de l’infra-Lias et du Lias, Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Historiques et Naturelles de l’Yonne 53 2, 3-57
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
Kroh A., Smith A. B. (2010) The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 2, 147-212 doi:10.1080/14772011003603556
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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