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Loveniidae

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Description

Loveniidae is a family of heart urchins in the order Spatangoida.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveniidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5603	https://www.gbif.org/species/5603
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	168541	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=168541

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Loveniidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Loveniidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata	Klein 1754
subphylum	Echinozoa	von Zittel 1895
class	Echinoidea
subclass	Euechinoidea	Bronn 1860
superorder	Acroechinoidea
-	Carinacea	Kroh and Smith 2010
-	Irregularia
-	Atelostomata	von Zittel 1879
order	Spatangoida	Agassiz 1840
suborder	Brissidina	Stockley et al. 2005
superfamily	Spatangidea	Fischer 1966
family	Loveniidae	Lambert 1905

Scientific Name

Loveniidae

Name Published In

Lambert, J. 1905. Notes sur quelques Échinides éocéniques de l'Aude et de l'Hérault. Pp. 129-164 in Doncieux, L. Catalogue descriptif des fossiles nummulitiques de l'Aude et de l'Hérault. Première Partie. Montagne Noire et Minervois. Annales de l'Université de Lyon, Nouvelle Série, I. Sciences, Médecine 17, 129-164.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Loveniidae	family	belongs to Micrasterina	stated without evidence	Fischer, 1966
Loveniidae	family	belongs to Spatangoidea	stated without evidence	Kroh, 2007
Loveniidae	family	belongs to Spatangidea	stated with evidence	Kroh and Smith, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

7 (14%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Environment

marine (based on Spatangoida)

Motility

slow-moving (based on Spatangoida)

Vision

limited (based on Echinoidea)

Diet

deposit feeder, detritivore (based on Spatangoida)

Reproduction

dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Spatangoida)

Ontogeny

accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite (based on Spatangoida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Lambert. 1905. Notes sur quelques Echinides éocéniques de l’Aude et de l’Hérault. In L. Doncieux (ed.), Catalogue descriptif des fossiles nummulitiques de l’Aude et de l’Hérault. Annales de l’Université de Lyon, Nouvelle Série, I. Sciences, Médecine 17:129-164

Common Name(s)

Hjärtsjöborrar, Porcupine Heart Urchins, ヒラタブンブク

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveniidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Breyninae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Amphidetus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Araeolampas genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atelospatangus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bahariya genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Breynia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Chuniola ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Echinocardium genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Gaultieria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gualtieria ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Hemipatagus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	47.8 Ma Eocene	13.7 Ma Miocene
Lovenia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Mazettia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudolovenia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Verbeekia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Echinocardiidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Echinocardiidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1905	Loveniidae Lambert p. 134
1942	Echinocardiidae Cooke p. 59
1966	Loveniidae Fischer p. U609
2007	Loveniidae Kroh p. 173
2010	Loveniidae Kroh and Smith p. 173

References

Lambert J. (1905) Notes sur quelques Echinides éocéniques de l’Aude et de l’Hérault, Catalogue descriptif des fossiles nummulitiques de l’Aude et de l’Hérault. Annales de l’Université de Lyon, Nouvelle Série, I. Sciences, Médecine 17, 129-164

Cooke C. W. (1942) Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States, Journal of Paleontology 16, 1-62

Fischer A. G. (1966) Spatangoids, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U. Echinodermata. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Boulder and Lawrence 3 2, U543-U628

Kroh A. (2007) Hemipatagus, a misinterpreted loveniid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5, 163-192 doi:10.1017/S1477201906002021

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

Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. - via World Register of Marine Species

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

Smith, A.B. 2013. Key to genera of Loveniidae. In: Smith, A.B. & Kroh, A. (editors) The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication. - via World Register of Marine Species

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (2013) Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Hansson, G, Samuelsson, Cedhagen & Strand (2013) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Tagghudingar–svalgsträngsdjur. Echinodermata– Hemichordata. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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