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Echinacea
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| Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Echinacea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 286 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 101 (35%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | C. F. W. Claus. 1876. Grundzüge der Zoologie. 3rd edition. N. G. Elwertsche Universitätsbuchhandlung, Marburg & Leipzig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Stirodonta superorder | listed (PBDB) | 29 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Arbacioida order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 198 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Camarodonta order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 252 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Plesiocidaroida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Stomopneustoida order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 77 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Temnopleuroidea ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 55.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Glyphopneustidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Besairiecidaris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Bramus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Crinocidaris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1957 | Echinacea Durham and Melville p. 253 |
| 1991 | Echinacea Smith p. 18 |
| 2010 | Echinacea Kroh and Smith p. 173 |
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!
