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Graphepleurus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8650588https://www.gbif.org/species/8650588
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)33014https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=33014
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta : Trigonocidaridae : Graphepleurus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta : Temnopleuridae : Graphepleurus
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
-Echinacea
orderCamarodontaJackson 1912
infraorderTemnopleurideaKroh and Smith 2010
familyTemnopleuridaeAgassiz 1872
genusGraphepleurus
Scientific NameGraphepleurus
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Graphepleurusgenusbelongs to Temnopleuridaestated without evidenceFell and Pawson, 1966
Graphepleurusgenusbelongs to Temnopleuroidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Echinodermata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Echinoidea)
Visionlimited (based on Echinoidea)
Dietgrazer, deposit feeder (based on Echinoidea)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh 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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Graphepleurus granulans
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Graphepleurus granularis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1966Graphepleurus Fell and Pawson p. U422
2002Graphepleurus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Fell H. B., Pawson D. L. (1966) Echinacea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology,Part U Echinodermata 3. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press 2, U367-U440
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Smith, A. B. & Kroh, A. (eds.). (2011). The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication. - via World Register of Marine Species
Bull. Bishop Mus., 181 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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