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Atelostomata
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Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Atelostomata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 866 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 128 (15%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 172 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | K. A. von Zittel. 1879. Handbuch der Palaeontologie 1(1):1-765 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Holasteroida order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 646 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Spatangoida order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Heart Urchin | 2,093 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant |
Asternata ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Sternata suborder | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Acrolusiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Collyritidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Disasteridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 71 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Pycnasterides family | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Tithoniidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Aulacopygus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Orbigniana ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1879 | Atelostomata von Zittel |
1915 | Atelostomata Clark and Twitchell p. 34 |
1984 | Atelostomata Squires p. 56 |
1985 | Atelostomata Larrain and Biró-Bagóczky p. 1410 |
1987 | Atelostomata Squires p. 72 |
2003 | Atelostomata Berndt p. 87 |
2010 | Atelostomata Kroh and Smith p. 172 |
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!