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Palaechinidae ✝
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Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Palaechinidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Palaechinoidea : Palaechinidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Palaechinidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 345 - 339 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 299 - 296 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Aarchaeocidaris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Donbassechinus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lovenechinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Maccoya ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Melonechinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
Oligoporus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Palaechinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 343 Ma Carboniferous | 343 Ma Carboniferous | |
Porechinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Melonechinidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Melonechinidae |
Palaeechinidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Palaeechinidae |
Melechidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Melechidae |
Melonitidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Melonitidae |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1849 | Palaechinidae M'Coy p. 253 |
1966 | Palaechinidae Kier p. U309 |
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!