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Polydiadema ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Phymosomatoida : Polydiaematidae : Polydiadema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Pseudodiadematidae : Polydiadema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Polydiadema Lambert, 1888 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Bull. Soc. Yonne, 41 (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 172 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Girardema bipunctatum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
Polydiadema ambiguum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Polydiadema bosei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Polydiadema cantabrum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Polydiadema cotteaui species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Polydiadema joaquinensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Polydiadema karakachi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Polydiadema korotkovi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Polydiadema lioni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Polydiadema mamillanum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Polydiadema travisensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochotiara aalensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochotiara depressum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochotiara radiatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Aplodiadema de Loriol, 1902 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Phymosomatoida : Polydiaematidae : Aplodiadema |
Trochotiara Lambert, 1901 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Phymosomatoida : Polydiaematidae : Trochotiara |
Girardema Vadet, 1993 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Phymosomatoida : Polydiaematidae : Girardema |
Tiarella Pomel, 1883 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Phymosomatoida : Polydiaematidae : Tiarella |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1938 | Polydiadema Grant and Hertlein p. 16 |
1966 | Polydiadema Fell and Pawson p. U389 |
1993 | Girardema Vadet p. 88 |
2002 | Polydiadema Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!