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Temnopleuroida
Source Data |
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Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Temnopleuroida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (16%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 61.6 Ma Phanerozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | slow-moving (based on Temnopleuroida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Echinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Temnopleuroida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | T. Mortensen. 1942. New Echinoidea (Camarodonta). Preliminary notice. Videnskabelige Meddelelsar Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn 106:225-232 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Ambipleurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
Arbacina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 7.25 Ma Miocene | |
Asaphechinus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Cryptechinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
Gagaria ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Hebertia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Medocechinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Micropsidia genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Pentechinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Prionechinus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Tatechinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1942 | Temnopleurina Mortensen p. 225 |
1966 | Temnopleuroida Fell and Pawson p. U414 |
1966 | Temnopleuroina Nisiyama p. 209 |
1988 | Temnopleuroida Linder et al. p. 950 |
1993 | Temnopleuroida Donovan p. 98 |
2002 | Temnopleuroida Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!