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Echinoneoida

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5965821	https://www.gbif.org/species/5965821
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	168457	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=168457

Rank

order

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Echinoneoida

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Echinoneoida

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
order	Echinoneoida	Clark 1925

Scientific Name

Echinoneoida

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Echinoneoida	suborder	belongs to Exocycloida	stated without evidence	Grant and Hertlein, 1938
Echinoneoida	suborder	belongs to Holectypoida	stated without evidence	Nisiyama, 1966
Echinoneoida	order	belongs to Irregularia	stated with evidence	Kroh and Smith, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (13%)

First Recorded Appearance

140 - 133 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

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. L. Clark. 1925. A Catalogue of the Recent Sea-Urchins (Echinoidea) in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). Oxford University Press, London

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Conulidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)	95	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	47.8 Ma Eocene
Conulidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	82	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	47.8 Ma Eocene
Echinoneidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	59	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Galeritidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	13	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neoglobatoridae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cluniaster ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Mattsechinus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1925	Echinoneina Clark p. 176
1938	Echinoneina Grant and Hertlein p. 103
1966	Echinoneoina Nisiyama p. 274
1966	Echinoneina Wagner and Durham p. U445
2010	Echinoneoida Kroh and Smith p. 171

References

Grant U. S., Hertlein L. G. (1938) The West American Cenozoic Echinoidea, Publications of the University of California at Los Angeles in Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2, 1-225

Nisiyama S. (1966) The echinoid fauna from Japan and adjacent regions, Part I, Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 11, 1-277

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

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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