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Perischoechinoidea ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | subclass (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Perischoechinoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 470 - 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 235 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | slow-moving (based on Perischoechinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Echinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Perischoechinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | F. M'Coy. 1849. On some new Paleozoic Echinodermata. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 2 3:244-254 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Eognathostomata ✝ superorder | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 431 Ma Silurian | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Bothriocidaroida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 31 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 443 Ma Silurian | |
Echinocystitoida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 439 Ma Silurian | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
Lepidocentridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 98 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 307 Ma Carboniferous | |
Lanternarius ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1849 | Perischoechinida M'Coy |
1957 | Perischoechinoidea Durham and Melville p. 249 |
1966 | Perischoechinoidea Durham et al. p. U297 |
2001 | Perischoechinoidea Boczarowski p. 87 |
2005 | Perischoechinoidea Schneider et al. p. 753 |
2009 | Perischoechinoidea Webster et al. p. 248 |
2018 | Perischoechinoidea Hagdorn p. 273 |
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!