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Pedinidae
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Pedinoida : Pedinidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (5.7%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | slow-moving (based on Pedinoida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Echinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | detritivore (based on Pedinoida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Pedinoida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. Pomel. 1883. Classification méthodique des échinides vivants et fossiles. Adolphe Jourdan, Alger |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Caenopedina genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Diademopsis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 40 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Dumblea ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Echinopedina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
Hemipedina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 28 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Leiopedina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Loriolipedina ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Palaeopedina ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Pedina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 157 Ma Jurassic | |
Phalacropedina ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Phymopedina ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Pseudorthopsis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
Stenechinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1915 | Pedinidae Clark and Twitchell p. 33 |
1966 | Pedinidae Fell p. U357 |
2010 | Pedinidae Kroh and Smith p. 170 |
2015 | Pedinidae Smith p. 46 |
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!