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Camarodonta
| Description | The Camarodonta are an order of globular sea urchins in the class Echinoidea. The fossil record shows that camarodonts have been in existence since the Lower Cretaceous. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camarodonta, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Camarodonta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 165 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 81 (49%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | R. T. Jackson. 1912. Phylogeny of the Echini, with a revision of Palaeozoic species. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 7:1-491 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camarodonta |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Echinidea infraorder | listed (PBDB) | 98 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Odontophora infraorder | listed (PBDB) | 112 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Temnopleuridea infraorder | listed (PBDB) | 40 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Echinidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 95 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Echinometridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 30 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Glyphocyphidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Parasaleniidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Parechinidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Strongylocentrotidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 52 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Temnopleuridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 32 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Toxopneustidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 30 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Trigonocidaridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Triplacidiids family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Zeuglopleuridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Circopeltis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
| Glyptodiadema ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Mirechinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Porosoma ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1912 | Camarodonta Jackson |
| 1938 | Camarodonta Grant and Hertlein p. 22 |
| 2010 | Camarodonta Kroh and Smith p. 171 |
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!
